Gail Caduff-Nash 28 Apr 2013

Love the landscape & the horse is nice. Seems like the orangey color might be used in the foreground some - in the rocks maybe or grasses - so it's not all a big spot of color by itself.

K Jacobs 29 Apr 2013

Thanks for the crit...Probably right about the orange...However,I doubt I will change it because it is an immediate impact...Which is usually what I go for,somewhat surreal,somewhat fantasy-ish...Thanks again

Marty Yokawonis 05 May 2013

Sean this is real oils on canvas right? not digital? wow you have a very smooth technique with oils if it is what medium are you using? I'm curious because i have a hard time getting oil paint to be smooth and not look so stroky. I'm using liquin as my medium but sometimes I use gamblins neo megilp which is similar. In the underpainting I just use odorless thinner.

K Jacobs 06 May 2013

Oils it is Marty...Been painting since I was a kid.Anyways...I only use liquin original,nothing else...No thinners no other mediums.Only use thinner to clean my brushes.Can't stand the smells anymore,and its a health issue.So Liquin only. I paint on masonite panels that I triple prime myself with gesso.You want to get the consistency of your paint to be like butter,but not runny,so take it easy on the liquin.I also use Liquin because it makes the paint dry in a fraction of the time so I can do more layers,faster. I do underpaintings in acrylic,usually burnt sienna in a monochrome,detailed fashion.It could actually stand as a painting by itself. Once I get my base coat of oils down,I let it sit for about a half an hour so that the paint.."sets up" Not sure I can explain to you how to make your paintings smoother...Have to think about that,much easier to show someone than to explain it...

K Jacobs 06 May 2013

Clean blender brushes are very important as well as knowing what colors blend well and what colors you should avoid...

Marty Yokawonis 07 May 2013

that's probably it. I actually watched a Bob Ross show on public tv the other day and noticed how much the dude blended things with a big old painters brush. I probably need to do the blending quite a bit more to reduce the bulk of the strokes.

K Jacobs 07 May 2013

It will take a bit more than a Bob Ross brush,lol.Anyways,keep at it Marty and good luck!

Gail Caduff-Nash 29 May 2013

I like using the water-base oils that only need soap for cleanup and I mix w/linseed oil. I never use a solvent. You can find these oils almost anywhere now and you can travel with them easier. They dry in the same way.

I like seeing some strokes in paintings. Softening them with blender brushes is good for the distant areas & skies. And skin. But otherwise a lot of texture can be had with paint strokes.

K Jacobs 30 May 2013

Thats whats cool about art,all are different.I like a much smoother approach myself,and use texture sparingly as needed.Thanks.

Doug Murray 30 Oct 2013

This is really a beautiful image. I think the horse is popping out of the canvass a bit. I wouldn't change that. I think the contrast is great. The problem is that the horse is part of the scenery because his hooves are buried. If you made his opposing hooves above the snow line, as if he was in a steady trot, you would seperate him from the background and the scenery blending would vanish. What do you think of that idea?

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