Thank you, Denise, for always being so encouraging!
That is so awesome love the design and the black background
Thank you so much Jan.
Hello Teri, thank you for sharing your terrific artwork.
I really admire your choice of subjects: you draw/paint something interesting every time.
This one is a beautiful night scene and I think it is perfect as it is now in its own way.
But if there could be something to be modified, I think these things might be worth considering:
A. Mute the colours of the boats reflections: when something really bright is on the water and the water is extremely calm, the reflection can be as bright as the real object. But when I draw water reflection, I would mute the colours of the reflections slightly to make it easier to understand what is going on there.
B. Add a bit more stars: I felt that the space between the bottom of the stars and the top of the polls is a bit unnatural. I want more randomness in the sky part, so I would add a bit more stars.
C. Add ripples on the water: this addition really helps to make a water scene understandable. I added some white lines on the water digitally so they look too clearly, but when you do the same thing manually, the ripples would look more faint and natural.
Hope this helps! 
Teri,
Wow - amazing work as always. Love how you can get such detail on such a small piece. You have wonderful control. Are you making this one into a card? I wouldn’t mind it showing up in my mailbox! hhaha
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This is amazing, Teri. I am still in the contemplation phase of diving into inks. LOL! You show great control of the medium and inspire me to move out of my head and onto the paper with inks!! Your piece is magical!!
Brenda
Brenda,
If you look at the Faber-Castell Pitt ink pens, they have from extra-fine to brush pens. It would be like using a pencil so you might feel more comfortable before using bottled ink. They are a little pricy but work well. I also use microns though on this piece I used detail brushes with the inks.
Give it a try, in the end it is just a piece of paper!!
Teri
June,
Thank you, and yes, I am making it into a card. My caregiver says it is his - haha!
Teri
Hello Maki,
Thank you for taking a look and your suggestions. I agree with all of your suggestions. They would surely enhance the clarity of what is going on. Even if I do not make changes here, I will have these suggestions for future pieces.
Any news on the catalogue?
Teri
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Hello Teri, thank you for sharing your terrific artwork.
I really admire your choice of subjects: you draw/paint something interesting every time.
This one is a beautiful night scene and I think it is perfect as it is now in its own way.
But if there could be something to be modified, I think these things might be worth considering:
A. Mute the colours of the boats reflections: when something really bright is on the water and the water is extremely calm, the reflection can be as bright as the real object. But when I draw water reflection, I would mute the colours of the reflections slightly to make it easier to understand what is going on there.
B. Add a bit more stars: I felt that the space between the bottom of the stars and the top of the polls is a bit unnatural. I want more randomness in the sky part, so I would add a bit more stars.
C. Add ripples on the water: this addition really helps to make a water scene understandable. I added some white lines on the water digitally so they look too clearly, but when you do the same thing manually, the ripples would look more faint and natural.
Hope this helps!
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Looks like they’re still working on it. 
I imagine that it must be really frustrating waiting to hear from them. I hope that they finish soon. I too am excited to see the catalogue!
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Hi Teri, This is a very nice piece of art. Excellent use of the medium. I do hve one questions regarding the large yellow poles. The on in the front seems like it shouldn’t be reflecting right at the bottom of the boat as the boat’s own reflection seems like it would block some of it. Of course I haven’t seen the source photo so maybe it does look just like you’ve drawn it. 
Good work.
Thank you for your encouraging words. I do see what you mean about the poles. I think I interpreted it that the light was coming in from behind and this is why all of the reflections are coming straight down, but I do see that the reflection should start farther down possibly as the boat does block the top part of the reflection. I hope this makes sense.
Thank you for opening my eyes a bit to this area. I appreciate the positive input.
Teri
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You’re welcome Teri. My wife is an artist so I get lots of help from her and I appreciate it when she points out things that don’t look correct to her. Keep up the good work and pushing yourself. That’s another thing I have to do. Don’t say it’s too hard just go for it. It’s just paper (or canvas) and medium. 
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I love the sense of depth you gave. That is really difficult in a night painting. The skyline with buildings is very subtle but contributes a lot to the atmosphere. If you were to treat it as a painting rather than a card, it would be interesting to see what a dark mat and frame would do.
Thank you, Jane.
This project was really fun to do. I am actually considering creating it again a little larger, not much, as an ink painting. If I do, I will post it here.
Teri
Teri:
I have been painting with alcohol inks. It’s a bit like herding really fast cats, or butterflies. The joy is that when you do get it to look like a landscape it is really satisfying. Do acrylic inks work that way or do they stay put? What kind of paper are you using? I use Yupo for the alcohol inks.
Hello Jane,
The acrylic inks dry fast, are very forgiving so if you don’t like something in just a few minutes you can paint over it, but at the same time you can blend them on the paper. You can also water them down and create washes with them. I actually at times combine them with Indian inks and it works great. I just purchased some Staedtler watercolor pens with a fine .03 tip and they work well with the other inks I use. You can use the bottle inks with nib pens too.
I generally work on Strathmore 400 series paper Artagain or their 400 series Multipurpose paper. I have used the multipurpose paper for years with colored pencils, graphite, inks, etc. It has a lot of tooth.
I would enjoy seeing some of your ink artwork.
Teri
Teri:
I have tried, once, to post and it didn’t do it. I have an account because I get notices, but it didn’t accept a post. Will try again. I had a great time doing one of Matt’s birds in colored pencil. Wound up doing 4 altogether, three on my own. His lessons are really good. No matter how long you’ve been painting, there is always something to be learned. However, after several months of colored pencil and having my nose down on the paper, I needed to do something a bit looser. So, the alcohol inks. It is definitely trying to herd butterflies.
Another artist and I have a mini show of alcohol inks going right now.
I will go take pictures.
Jane
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