In Need of Help with Landscape Painting

**goma14** · January 31st, 2007, 06:24 PM

This is one of my first serious digital painting landscapes. Help with taking this further would be great.

**Idiot Apathy** · January 31st, 2007, 08:30 PM

Do ask for specific help if you need any, you are sure to get more response and obviously better help!

One big think I would concentrate on is using value effectively, at the moment things are very close in value and perhaps a bit arbitrarily so. Squint and you will see what I mean a bit better. A good guideline to experiment with, but perhaps not be bound to is place a dark object near a light area and a light area near a dark object. Think about a solid lightsource, and how you could use areas to your advantage. You could put the white bunny in shadow, or a darker field. Also, a greater variety of values will add interest; variety is the spice of life after all.

Cheers!

**goma14** · February 2nd, 2007, 10:23 PM

Idiot Apathy-
Ok, thanks for the help! I tried adding more contrast in value, not sure if it's enough though...

Update:
I think it felt a little cramped so I added a bit to the sides. Anyone think the foreground tree is awkward or that the picture seems unbalanced? I'm not sure what else to do other than paint in more contrast.