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Another shot at gouache. Still practicing! (Original Post) Ocelot II Nov 30 OP
The water looks alive... MiHale Nov 30 #1
Gorgeous! SheltieLover Nov 30 #2
It's beautiful. Irish_Dem Nov 30 #3
Oh! I really like that! Beautiful and peaceful... hlthe2b Nov 30 #4
Excellent work! nocoincidences Nov 30 #5
That is exquisite! Grim Chieftain Nov 30 #6
You have painted yourself a great fishing spot! 70sEraVet Nov 30 #7
I feel the warmth JohnnyRingo Nov 30 #8
Beautiful! bif Nov 30 #9
That is wonderful! PatSeg Nov 30 #10
That's very nice! paleotn Nov 30 #11
You painted that? jfz9580m Nov 30 #12
I am an artist, and they've done a quite wonderful piece.... electric_blue68 Yesterday #26
I approve markie Nov 30 #13
WOW!!! And this is a painting?!? calimary Nov 30 #14
wow. AllaN01Bear Nov 30 #15
Beautiful! Painting must be so fulfilling and satisfying. You're very good. 1WorldHope Nov 30 #16
That's beautiful dflprincess Nov 30 #17
This is outstanding! Waterfalls are challenging and you got it just right, but what I like best is PatrickforB Nov 30 #18
I like that. Looks like a photograph. sinkingfeeling Nov 30 #19
Fooled me! tavernier Nov 30 #20
Reminiscent of that iconic view BaronChocula Nov 30 #21
Nice! I thought it was this place at first masmdu Nov 30 #22
Holy Shit! Beringia Nov 30 #23
It *does* look like a photograph..it's so life-like. Deuxcents Nov 30 #24
Oh, this is quite wonderful!... electric_blue68 Yesterday #25
You did a beautiful job! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #27
Wow! Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #28

Grim Chieftain

(1,134 posts)
6. That is exquisite!
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:31 AM
Nov 30

Such beautiful detail - a bit of peace and beauty in these troubled times. Thanks for sharing.

jfz9580m

(16,508 posts)
12. You painted that?
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 12:00 PM
Nov 30

That’s very impressive OcelotII! To a layman anyway. Well that slipped out. It wasn’t meant obnoxiously. Quite the reverse. Added the qualifier without thinking to preempt a theoretical, snooty professional who might find my enthusiasm gauche 🧐 .
That’s really cool.

electric_blue68

(25,621 posts)
26. I am an artist, and they've done a quite wonderful piece....
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:02 PM
Yesterday

especially the rocks, and water. 👍

While I've not painted in a long time; I've drawn a lot of rocks, and water.


And I'm only very occasionly snooty. 😉

PatrickforB

(15,329 posts)
18. This is outstanding! Waterfalls are challenging and you got it just right, but what I like best is
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 01:27 PM
Nov 30

your treatment of the natural rock steps and the forest above. Very good!

tavernier

(14,217 posts)
20. Fooled me!
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:04 PM
Nov 30

The rocks and foliage (ivy?) stirred up a nice memory. Thought for a moment this was in the Michigan U.P. where I spent many vacations as a kid.

electric_blue68

(25,621 posts)
25. Oh, this is quite wonderful!...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:58 PM
Yesterday

The rocks, and watefall, water pool are particularly well done!

I'm thinking of re-trying gouache bc the smell of acrylics is beginning to annoy me.

I'm sure you're going to get better and better if you keep practicing!

Diamond_Dog

(39,646 posts)
27. You did a beautiful job!
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:20 PM
Yesterday

It looks very real. At first view I thought it was a photograph.

I recently painted a waterfall with rocks like that but yours is much better than mine. You got the moss on the rocks to look like real moss ….. 🙂. Fabulous job!

Jilly_in_VA

(13,783 posts)
28. Wow!
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:24 PM
Yesterday

I can't do 2-D art at all. It just isn't my friend. I'm a jewelry designer who just cannot paint, but I admire painters!

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