tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373777391336673778.post5997825479418170341..comments2024-01-24T00:58:27.669-08:00Comments on Artist Derek Collins,Acrylic landscape paintings, painting lessons and randomness: Correcting a Painting - acrylic painting of fall treesDerek Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743906360134438590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373777391336673778.post-89361680682801669112012-02-25T08:40:57.571-08:002012-02-25T08:40:57.571-08:00I'm wondering if some of you like the original...I'm wondering if some of you like the original more merely based on taste. The original is more abstract and the redo has a more traditional feel. Looking back on this painting, I think the real issue is that the painting is painted in one tone. There is no contrast to make the painting pop. There are no dark or light values.<br /><br />The bigger question is "What do you do with a painting that doesn't sell. There has been more interest in this painting on this blog than there was in the two years I was trying to sell the painting. If a painting doesn't sell, eventually I have to correct it,totally paint over it, or as a last resort, throw it away. Because I am always painting,and I have other paintings that I think will sell better.<br /><br />As a side note, after I corrected the painting it sold. <br />Thanks for all your comments.Derek Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743906360134438590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373777391336673778.post-75284534131449769612012-02-25T06:50:59.784-08:002012-02-25T06:50:59.784-08:00I actually prefer the original, too. It is freshe...I actually prefer the original, too. It is fresher and more exciting. I wonder if it would have been fine if the lavender tree line had merely been darkened. The corrected painting does look more correct, but....L.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17084213103676247775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373777391336673778.post-52395216508142883932010-10-21T15:25:43.829-07:002010-10-21T15:25:43.829-07:00I vastly prefer the original. I think the newer on...I vastly prefer the original. I think the newer one is just... quite boring? The top one isn't without faults, it could be better, but the new one seems to very much be conforming to too many rules of art. I'm very skeptical of said rules. But what do I know?Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288620959846712806noreply@blogger.com