tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988982.post115746891775150536..comments2023-10-30T01:32:42.650-07:00Comments on Cecilia Antoinette Price -My Art Activities: Theories on color from a mind full of itArtmaker - Cecilia Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984803839994112169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988982.post-26930105996219290192013-04-25T11:02:08.367-07:002013-04-25T11:02:08.367-07:00I like this painting very much, but something is b...I like this painting very much, but something is bugging me about it. My eye constantly goes to the blue background area in the middle of the painting as a COI. If i cover it on the monitor with my finger I find that lower leaf is a bit dull. I hope this helps, anyway it's a great painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988982.post-1157852557872993762006-09-09T18:42:00.000-07:002006-09-09T18:42:00.000-07:00I think I can help with this painting. First: IT I...I think I can help with this painting. First: IT IS LOVELY, but what you are feel ing about it may come from the fact that, while the mauve/blues should recede, they don't. Well at least some of them don't. The reason for that is that the touch of red (alizarin I believe) that is in the mauve is warming it up and sending it forward. I am speaking specifically about the area between the leaves that looks like a gold-fish and the area above the leaves. The warm mauve in these areas is warmer by far than the green of the leaves and pushes forward and competes for attention. Since there is not focal point in the painting, the fish-shape becomes a dominant one.<BR/><BR/>Take a look at it again. Squint and you will see that the other mauve/blue areas recede, while the two I mentioned spring forward with their magnificent and complex colors.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents!<BR/><BR/>ZanZanBarragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364708068352177158noreply@blogger.com