Carrie McKenzie

Aquarelle animée : Peindre un paon rayonnant avec couleur et lumière

Hi Carmen - wow! This is a gorgeous rendition. I really like how you've tackled the rear tail feathers - they are full of light and colour and you've done well keeping the colours on the eye feathers distinct but softly blended at the same time - tricky, so well done. There are some lovely blended colours and tonal values in the peacock head and neck. The expression in the eye is a real statement focal point - beautifully done. Definitely one to be "proud as a peacock" of!  You've made huge steps in your painting - maybe you should remove 'unfinished painter' from your tagline?   Best wishes, Carrie

Awh thank you so much Carrie for those inspiring words. I do like the painting myself as i am hard critic of my work.  I thought of fixing in the middle of top as seemed to dry in squares and too much white but dont want to mess up.  Still a few more of your classes to tackle. You are such a great teacher.

We are often our own hardest critic. Remember, the viewer will over look technical ‘errors’ if they are captured by the emotion or feeling of a painting. I would leave it alone for a while before you do anything else to it, look again with a fresh pair of eyes. Personally, I wouldn’t fiddle with it, I think it’s just right as it is! 

Like that flirty look you created with the eye. So dang cute!

Your peacock has a coy look in his eyes. Beautiful and expressive, Carmen.

Beautiful  Carmen....really  lovely 😍

Thanks Christine,  messy and imperfect is my fate in w/c! This must be my 3rd peacock on skillshare and I can never get the eyes in the feathers right....too impatient.

I think  it looks  pretty  perfect  to me ....you are so  hard on yourself:*))

Hi Christine I saw you asked me about black water color paper but the note disappeared!  Anyway I bought some from Amazon years ago . STONEHENGE brand. They still have at least in US. I never used it as yet

I'm  not  sure what's happening on my side can't  seem  to find  things 😕...maybe something wrong with the laptop 🤔...but thank you 🙏 

Peacock with Carrie

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