Hyde's Artwork

It's really nice to see some painting here; I haven't been here long, but color/painting in general seems to be pretty rare.

Your "Pumpkin in the Middle" piece is really nice. The colors aren't dull at all, especially on the pumpkin and the background really emphasizes the pumpkin as well. My only suggestion would be to work on the blue striped table cloth. The rest of the painting has shades and highlights, and the striped table cloths stands out because it doesn't have much. Also, it's white, so your attention is drawn to that since the rest of the canvas is colored. I can see that you did put in some, but I think more might be needed, because cloth needs those shades to make it look folded and twisted.

On your "Mother and Child," I think that you should work on bringing out the mother and child. Right now, they kind of blend into the woodwork since they are dark colored, and the window with the sea and the bowl of fruit on the table really stand out because they use such bright colors. I really like this dreamy feeling of the painting, and I think the "fuzziness" looks good. Don't make the mother and child too fuzzy though. Right now, it is kind of hard to see the outline of the body, and the baby. You could make the mother and child really focused and the rest really relaxed as contrast or something. These are just ideas, since you weren't sure where to go with it. If you finish this, please post it; I would love to see the end result!

Keep painting Hyde!

Jam it back in, in the dark.