Wilderness Cabin

Awesome painting, Nancy. Great color and detail.

And I think I see what you mean about the shingles. There's something there I'm not liking, either. Oh, I see it, now. They're BETTER than anything I could paint. 🙂 Kidding. Very nice job on this. Love it.

Hi Nancy , i like this Scene and i like how you paint it. . Super Colour Choice . Do you mean the shingles are to flat ? Its a cool Cabin ! .you are a great Artist .😎👍🏼

Alex!!! I love your sense of humor! 😂🤣 Thank you for the very nice comments.

I know you install shingles from the bottom up. I wonder if that would make a difference when painting them? Just a thought. Another beautiful painting!

Thanks Dirk! I followed more the colors of the book. I liked them better. And yes, I think they could be too flat or the color is wrong.

Thank Brian! Bob have them us do from the bottom up. But I had to touch up some of them and it could be part of the issue. Great observation!

Perhaps more light grey 😎

Superbly painted Nancy. Especially the cabin is outstanding. It is correct in perspective and the highlights are very well done.

Love this, it's beautiful, by shingles I guess you mean roof tiles ( what they call them here in UK) I think it looks like an old unloved cabin with holes in the roof which to me adds a lot of character and a great focal point to an awesome painting 🙏

Dirk, I had my shingles (roof tiles) light gray before and it was not working good with the lighter shade of the cabin itself. I had to darken it a little. But, I decided to make the top of the roof a little lighter and added the shingles demarcation on the farthest side of the roof. It’s subtile but it better to my opinion. I have attached a picture of it above. 😎

Thank you very much Tom! I always struggle a little with my sizing when I use a smaller canvas than Bob. This was a 16”x20” (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm) so I am glad I didn’t mess up my perspective.

Thank you Niv! Yes, shingles = roof tiles. 😁 the rustic style is nice indeed. It’s achieved by not reloading your knife. You pick up the VD Brown underneath and it makes that beautiful old roof effect.

Okay Nancy i see! . A question to your Indian Summer .had you coverd the Black gesso with liquid clear before you put on the Colour mix? I Heard nothing about that in the BR Video just liquid white at the light Spot

Dirk, I always add a little layer of liquid clear if Bob doesn't mention it. Then I add my color mix on top. Otherwise, the color mix can dry to fast by the time I get to that section and the "slickness" is just not quite enough, specially if there is any blue or browns involved. Mine dry a lot faster. Hope this helps! 😊

Thanks a lot Nancy that helps much 😎👍🏼

NICE,GREAT WATER N CABIN N!

Merci Pietro! ☺️

Another beautiful piece from you Nancy! The trees look almost “feathery “ if that’s a word. 😊

Thank you B!! 😊 I had the same thought but didn’t word it yet. That is a perfect qualificative! BTW, I am taking a time lapse of all the paintings I am currently doing and when I have enough to make a nice 3-5 min montage, I’ll put something together and post it on my YouTube page (has currently only a video of my Tesla doing a light show for Christmas) and share the link. So you can see a little how I do my paintings. 😀

Wow! Beautiful job. 😊 I hope i can figure it out as well as you.

Thank you Darrin! 😀 I have a pretty good idea of what it is. With everyone's help, we figured out a few things. Easy fix!

Wonderful Job Nancy! I love the stones especially! So flawless!

Awwww! Thx Marc! I have a confession… since I learned how to paint them a little while back, they are my favorite things to paint! It must show through them that I have that love for those elements. ☺️

Thats so relatable! Love to paint those stones too but do it way too rarely for it to show 😄

I put those little rocks in almost all of my paintings, even when Bob doesn't put any. 😊

Very well done :). One of my favorite paintings he did probably because of the cabin and lakefront. Your cabin turned out really well and I like your play of colors throughout. Nicely done

Thank you so much Daniel! This has been on my top 5 favorite since I saw it for the first time. I am so glad I got to finally paint it. It was a real treat!

I need advice. If i want to try and fix/add to a painting after it dries. Should i just cover with paint, or should i add liquid clear over the spots i want to retouch?

Sorry for the delay. For me, I add clear and put in similar color/background etc that is around the effected area to “erase” or mark over a spot I don’t like. Then add what you want. I suppose you can do so without the clear but I find it easier with it. Just my thoughts. Hunt: use as little as possible to start with so you don’t get mud.

I never tried to fix a painting when it’s dry. But I would possibly put liquid clear. It would depend of the spot to fix (large vs. small/ blending section vs. no blending).