Askevold's Norwegian Fjord study

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Today I have finished my copy (is it the right way of saying that?) of Norwegian Fjord Landscape painting by A. Askevold. It’s an amazing piece of art and I felt great while painting it.
No colour sampling were done in any way and I am pretty proud about it!
Most of the work was done with oil brushes by @emilm
It took me about 35 hours from start to finish.
I know there are a lot of stuff that can be done better but I’m already a little tired with it.

Hope you like it!

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It is absolutely great! Congratulations!

Michelist

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Wow, I love this so much.

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@Michelist @sooz
Thank you guys!

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It’s magnificent!

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Fantastic. Great use of whites!

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Great job!

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Truly amazing; I feel like I’m inside the painting when I look at it.soo good

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@FireShepherd @mike-art-table @canedo and @Rhea_Asma
Thank you so much! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
All these painting stuff is very new and even slightly alien to me and this kind of responses and reactions help me a lot!
I’m still having colossal problems copying real life and photos with painterly (non-digital) feel because I still get this “smartphone photo” colours and that is why I try to copy some classic paintings.
First conclusion so far: There are no green (at all!) on the mostly green paiting :grin:

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Congratulations - this is amazing! :star_struck:

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This is INSANE!

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I’ve noticed that my image was greatly downscaled after uploading :melting_face:
Here is the full one. Hope someone from admins group (whom I can’t tag) can replace the title one with this one.

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:clap: :clap: :clap:

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Thanks for the backstory! That’s an interesting observation about the ‘smartphone photo’ colours, as you say. Your idea to study/copy classic paintings - before tackling real life/photos - is very clever! Again, you’re doing a magnificent job imitating the classics. And I won’t be surprised at all when you’re able to transmit that style and colour palette to the photos you want to paint. :+1:

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Really incredible @maleficmax . I mean, it really looks like an original painting from that era. Stopped me in my tracks, the likeness is so good. Wasn’t sure if it was digital. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Took you a lot of patience, I’m sure, but it really paid off. It’s amazing.

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Today I’ve already started the new painting (is it the right word for this?), and I am trying to adapt my photo to this live colours style.
Can’t say that I’ve succeeded yet :sweat_smile:

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Thank you :blush:

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Good for you! I wish you well and cannot wait to see your finished painting (and yes, that’s a fine word - even if it is digital :wink:)

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Simply Beautiful :slightly_smiling_face:

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Excellent work.

They remind me of the Impressionist landscapes of Sisley and Manet, where the elements were represented with splashes of color, similar to spots.

I thought you used the brushes from the Memileo kit.

At first glance, they looked like the Memileo 01 and 04 knife brushes.

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