Tarnished Coast

This is breathtaking I'm always amazed when people put their painting times, and it's always way, way, way less than what I would have guessed a piece would have taken! Don't forget to join the dA group, too I already have : )

thank you for the kind comments so far.

Nice, the brushes you made for the leaves are good and defined. The only thing I have to nit-pick is just the bottom marsh. The middle-ground and background are melded into one, and makes it seem like the marsh abruptly stops while the trees continue to be pushed back into space. i sorta wanted to give it a 'broad' scope, but your point is noted. i'm new to scenery so I like to start out simple, and then build myself up.

Very lovely landscape! I love the texture and the marshy feel to it, it's got very nice feel and atmosphere to it. That lone figure in the forest also puts it into size perspective nicely, although I think adding a few highlights or colour to the figure itself would help it blend in better with the surroundings. It's a little too stark, uniform black at the moment, so it stands out a bit oddly from the lovely detail and brushwork of the background. I mainly added that silhouette in there just to show the perspective--I tried adding more detail to the character, but it kept looking odd and making him too much the centre of the image. but i'll be sure to consider this in my next piece

again, thank you everyone so much for the kind comments and advice

i sorta wanted to give it a 'broad' scope, but your point is noted. i'm new to scenery so I like to start out simple, and then build myself up. Np. It's a good practice to always keep the three layers of depth in mind whenever doing landscapes. Nailing down the foreground,middle and background really determines how believable an environment is in terms of space.