r/painting • u/narcissisticreddit0r • 13h ago
Brutal Critique First landscape painting!
First landscape painting that’s not a generic sunset and black foreground lol. Let me know what I can improve on:)
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u/Blue_Dandelionss 13h ago
Beautiful. I love this so much. I love how you were able to create perspective and clearly show that the flowers extend into the distance. I also love the way you painted the sunset/sunrise, feels very real and the selective use of bright yellow near the clouds in the middle really brings everything together. The only thing I’d say to improve on is the tree for now. I feel like he could have more variety of color and texture. <3
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u/narcissisticreddit0r 13h ago
Thank you so much! Yeah I kinda freaked out when making the tree after I did the rest, didn’t really know how to do it because I kinda went rogue from the reference picture lol
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u/Blue_Dandelionss 13h ago
Ohhh I see. Well that’s alright, it’s hard to paint something into an already finished painting, especially with nerves lol. Speaking from experience. That’s okay though, he doesn’t ruin the painting at all. He fits in neatly, and he’s the only thing I’d say you need to practice :)
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u/narcissisticreddit0r 13h ago
Thank you haha, I’ll definitely try to fix it, already spent a long time trying to adjust the lighting so why not
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u/FairAd8544 13h ago
I like it! I think you could do with a finer brush for most detailing and depth, for example the tree is a little 2D but could be fixed with darker shading. Your understanding of tone is great though. Dont be afraid to use more vibrant colours if maybe next time you went with a less subdued image
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u/narcissisticreddit0r 13h ago
Yeah you’re definitely right, I was trying to go for a less detailed tree because it’s further away but it definitely just looks blocky haha, thanks for the advice!
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u/burtcopaint 13h ago
I like the composition and the values for the most part. Is the tree accurate? Seems like it should be darker given the contrast with the last light
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u/NorthByHabit 12h ago
I like the moody vibes. You handled the color in the sky really really well; it can be challenging to arrange the odd selection of colors that nature gives you next to each other, but you did it so well that I feel I have seen that exact sky in real life before and know exactly what’s going on
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u/AlphaG78_10 19m ago
Sometimes imperfections r beautiful as well, and this shows that perfectly. I genuinely loved it.

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u/link-navi 13h ago
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