Thursday, August 24, 2006

Final Swan Pond

"Swan Pond"
Oil on Canvas
approx. 40 x 60cm

Well, this is my final swan pond piece, and if you ask me, its a wee bit of a let down. Now don't get me wrong, its ok as a stand-alone piece, but I did so many study paintings and sketches for this final painting I would have hoped it would be better. I've already posted some of my swan pond studies on the blog and I think some of them are better than the final painting! To be fair I had to rush it a bit because my deadline was coming straight round the corner at me. It just goes to show though, sometimes you are better just being spontaneous and diving straight into the final piece, rather than doing all the developments like the teachers want. By the way, I've finaly posted my review of my storm painting below.


4 Comments:

Blogger Stuart Campbell said...

ah yeah i remember you doing the wee developments for this one, it looks great, what don't you like about it? or is it just that the other pond ones look better.

The Culzean Swan Pond water is the best, i think its cause it is really dark in places and really light in other whereas this one is all very light and green, its still brill though, and that wall thingy looks good...

12:43 PM  
Blogger Dave said...

Thanks Stu,
I dont really dislike this one, its just that, as you say, the other ones are better. This was suposed to be the big finale. But its a wee bit boring.

2:20 PM  
Blogger Jonny said...

Well i love it!

4:59 PM  
Blogger Dave said...

Thnks guys, good comments. I agree with you Andy about the empty lake, thats probably a big part of the reason why it a bit boring.

8:53 AM  

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