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Related: About this forumA Fall painting I finished earlier this year.
I worked from a photograph
.. first time attempting a waterfall.

50 Shades Of Blue
(11,241 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Srkdqltr
(8,903 posts)I'm in awe of people who can paint so realistically.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Im still very much a work in progress.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Love your screen name!
2naSalit
(97,832 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)MLAA
(19,503 posts)at the top pool.
I appreciate your kind words!
dweller
(27,136 posts)The foliage, the shadows between , the waterfall and the stone steps too .
Very realistic , well done
✌🏻
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)LoisB
(11,648 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)NCIndie
(556 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)NCIndie
(556 posts)I recognize that is really well done!
Thanks for sharing.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Polly Hennessey
(8,148 posts)Detailed, yet there is a softness to it. I can hear the water.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Ocelot II
(127,274 posts)
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)I almost chucked it halfway through.
lucca18
(1,423 posts)Did you paint with oil or acrylic?
❤️😍
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)I used acrylics.
LudwigPastorius
(13,435 posts)and no frikken AI used!
REAL art
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)I have no idea how to use that technological stuff!
Ziggysmom
(3,903 posts)excites, while the colors and subject matter are simultaneously very relaxing.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)So much encouragement from all you wonderful DUers!
wendyb-NC
(4,480 posts)Lovely autumn ambiance.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,275 posts)Gorgeous.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)usonian
(20,639 posts)I might have to send you some photos!
What might you be interested in?
I took foliage photos back in the color slide days and really need to scan them.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)It always seems I have more ideas than time to do what I want to do since life often gets in the way.
sheshe2
(93,868 posts)Beautiful.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)I am so touched by all the encouraging words here at DU.
summer_in_TX
(3,834 posts)The waterfall and water pool below are near photographic, and the colors are lovely.
usaf-vet
(7,688 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Duncanpup
(15,147 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Is it Golden approved?
AverageJoe
(2,414 posts)What a beautiful painting. Thank you for sharing!
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Bayard
(27,045 posts)I like the realism, especially the trees, and closer bushes.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Quite often once I start, I have no idea how it will turn out till its done!
chillfactor
(7,694 posts)What a great painting....very well done!!!!
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)Your comment blew me away! Appreciate your encouragement!
samplegirl
(13,386 posts)Beautiful Job!!!! Would love to do water!
femmedem
(8,527 posts)Someone else complimented you on the amount of detail, but what I find even more impressive is that you never lost the big simpler shapes that make up the composition as you added that detail.
Really nice atmospheric perspective, too.
Diamond_Dog
(38,531 posts)I did this per request of a friend, from a photograph, so the composition was pretty much already set. Sometimes I wish I didnt focus on detail so much! I tend to get bogged down with it, or so I feel, maybe its just me. But I do appreciate your comments! Thanks for being so encouraging!
I wonder if I should have put some people standing on the overlook platform on the far right. There were none in the photo so I felt that I should just stick to that. But maybe it would have been nice to see people there? Give it a perspective?
LiberalLoner
(11,456 posts)Diamond_Dog
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