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Castle

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A painting that I had started ages ago, but got around to finishing now as part of my AP art portfolio. I may end up adding more to this later down the line, but as it is it's fairly finished.

Photoshop CS4
Wacom Intuos3
Several hours

Critique please, because critique makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. :la:
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

I think this is a well done piece of art. I'm loving the values here, though I think there could be more contrast. Feels a little desaturated to me, like the skies in Germany or anywhere in Europe, but that could be intended, as most of your other scenery works are similar. Still, it might not be a bad Idea to do a high Contrast, high saturation and lots of color Picture for color theory <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)"/> .

Technically, The perspective is well done, Great detail in the clouds, the lighting is accurate, but I'm wondering if textures would benefit the picture at all, specifically with the wall and shingles. It may very well be good, but perhaps its another area that you could experiment in.

Overall, I think this will be a great addition to a portfolio! Keep up the good work, and take to Experimentation! Thats where the magic happens!