A bowl of fruits - Repost 31 July

Posted by Ashim on Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:18 am

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I think getting a realistic watercolor painting look through digital means is much more difficult than a oil-color look. I tried quite a few things with this image to reach here. Would be grateful for your views on whether this works as a digital watercolor.

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by Gary Briney on Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:01 am

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Very convincing watercolor Ashim! The texture is a bit heavy for my taste --- maybe a simple sandstone instead?

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by jerryb on Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:25 pm

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Yes it does have a watercolor look. Perhaps you could go a bit lighter and less detailed on the paper?

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:11 pm

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It does look like brush applied water colour, and now you can work on refining the finished product. There are so many techniques and filters its quite a minefield!

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by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:05 pm

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I agree-watercolor is the hardest to do convincingly. Your brushwork is very good. Just the texture of the paper is perhaps a bit rough, though there certainly IS paper like this. Maybe cropping it a bit would show less white paper. Nice work!

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by PaiR on Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:36 pm

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Ashim, Very good try. My wife tells me all the time that water color is a tough medium.

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by Ashim on Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:39 am

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Thanks to all for the constructive feedback. I too found the paper texture a little disproportional and the image a little unfinished.

Here is, hopefully, the "final" version

Pls let me know if this works.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:55 pm

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You have more detail in this one, which is a definite improvement for me, although it catches my eye each time when I look at this picture and see the two smaller objects each side of the fruit bowl because their tops intersect the line along the back. Not a good thing IMO. Just my two cents worth Ashim.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:46 pm

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Second attempt definitely looks better-more refined. I like the edge of the bowl showing and a bit more definition to the fruit. The yellow background is nice too. Would agree with Carol on the composition, it holds true for any art or photo, I think, not to align edges. But overall, this is quite nice.

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by Ashim on Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:45 pm

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Carol and Cynthia, thanks a ton for your valuable feedback on the composition. Much appreciated.

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by Gary Briney on Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:05 am

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I prefer the second version Ashim --- thanks for your extra effort.

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by Ashim on Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:00 pm

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thanks, Gary

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