Lyraina's sketchbook

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Green is a tricky color to get down looking good - we were warned about it back in landscape painting class. One of the trick is to mix some earthy yellow (Yellow Ochre) in, and the green will instantly look more natural. That said, your landscapes are beautiful, and it's very interesting to see the haze on that very humid morning as well as the slight golden tint to that dusk scene. Even though it's not cheesy golden, one can still see it is dusk and not dawn from that golden tint - evidence that you were looking at real life when painting it.

That girl portrait is also beautiful, no matter how many times I look at it. Your love for color and light certainly shine (pun!) through with no reservation :) That is a nice re-arrangement of Summer, although my personal favorite remains Winter in the same series :D