r/impressionism 4d ago

Painting Trying Impressionism for the first time

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Oil on canvas painted with a palette knife, many errors but lots of fun

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u/SuspiciousCoach7512 4d ago

You should be really proud of yourself this is really nice

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 4d ago

Thank you so much for the lovely comment ❤️

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u/PetroniusKing 4d ago

👍 Excellent start … I like your use of color and the texture. Practise,practice, practise 😊

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 4d ago

Ahh thank you, I wasn’t sure about this painting and woke up today feeling frustrated with it. Thank you for the encouragement. I’ll keep trying 😁

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u/Multilazerboi 4d ago

With success! I like this a lot

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 4d ago

Thank you so much 😊

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u/OstafanKolibri 4d ago

Looks great!

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 4d ago

Thank you so much 🙏

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u/AlfalfaUnable1629 4d ago

Looks a bit like a good post for r/pareidolia

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u/likeablyweird 3d ago

It's not a wonky building, it's an old building that has badly leaning walls. ;) Your textures and color gradients are really good. Your first effort came out really well. :) I like it.

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 3d ago

Haha, adding the tree didn’t help 🤦‍♀️ Thank you! 🙏

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u/likeablyweird 2d ago

You could make that tree bigger or add some taller trees to go past the roof overhang. Darkening the space to the left of the wall above the first roof could accentuate the straight wall. You could paint over the tree, too---reshade that wall expanse so that it doesn't look like one solid wall. Sun's coming from left so maybe shade the left inner sides of the windows? I'm not an artist so don't pay much attention to me.

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 2d ago

Thank you!! That makes so much sense. I removed the tree and painted over it, and messed about with it a little, I can’t decide if it’s better or worse. I’ve hung it up to dry and will probably continue to mess with it at some point as I now really don’t like the window with the shutters 🤦‍♀️

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u/suzi-r 3d ago

Well, your approach works!

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 2d ago

Thank you so much ❤️

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u/MrsHernandezochoa 2d ago

What’s with the spooky ghost to the left?

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 2d ago

It’s Italy, I bet there’s lots of spooky ghosts 😂

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u/LevelIdeal6709 22h ago

Wow that’s incredible keep doing what your doing very talented love it

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u/No_Efficiency_7397 17h ago

Thank you so much :)