Repost of Coeur d'Alene River

Pastel Art is on the rise as a medium in the creative community. There are an abundance of very talented pastel artist out there. You can find some of them on the WetCanvas.com who will give of their time freely to make suggestions, encourage or congratulate for your accomplishments. I find these forums to be very helpful for the betterment of my paintings. They give honest constructive critiques on your work which is very beneficial. If you take a look at the first post three days ago it is a bit different than this one. The suggestions that were made was that the far light colored horizon line in the water was overwhelming "looking too solid with no breaks in it"which I agreed with, second the ripples on the right foreground "looked to steep like there were different levels of water" and was reminded that ripples flow parallel to the horizon line. Upon looking at my marks they needed to be corrected for the flow of the water and third- the lavender that was also in that area was trapping the viewers eyes- so I pulled it out. Pastels are a forgiving medium to use. Corrections when done are pretty easy to do . So there you have it -the finished painting "The Coeur d'Alene River". If you would like to see more of my paintings please click on Pastel Art.