A Fall painting I finished earlier this year.

[Diamond_Dog]

I worked from a photograph….. first time attempting a waterfall.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. That is lovely!

[Diamond_Dog]

4. TY 50 Shades of Blue!

[Srkdqltr]

2. Wonderful!

I'm in awe of people who can paint so realistically.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. TY Srkdqltr!

I’m still very much a work in progress.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. I'd be happy hanging that on my wall and happy every time I saw it.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. TY Hermit-The-Prog!

Love your screen name!

[2naSalit]

5. I LIKE it!

[Diamond_Dog]

8. TY 2naSalit!

[MLAA]

9. Love it. The movement of the water fall is outstanding as is the serenity of the calm water

at the top pool.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. TY MLAA!

I appreciate your kind words!

[dweller]

11. Incredible detail !

The foliage, the shadows between , the waterfall and the stone steps too .
Very realistic , well done


✌🏻

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Thank you so much, dweller!

[LoisB]

12. Most excellent, Diamond_Dog.

[Diamond_Dog]

16. TY LoisB!

[NCIndie]

13. Nice!!

[Diamond_Dog]

17. TY NCIndie!

[NCIndie]

35. I have no artistic ability, but ....

I recognize that is really well done!

Thanks for sharing.

[Diamond_Dog]

42. TY NC Indie!

[Polly Hennessey]

14. Oh, my gosh! I love it.

Detailed, yet there is a softness to it. I can hear the water.

[Diamond_Dog]

18. TY so much, Polly Hennessey!

[Ocelot II]

19. Nicely done!!

[Diamond_Dog]

21. TY Ocelot II!

I almost chucked it halfway through.

[lucca18]

20. Beautiful! Love the colors! Looks so realistic!

Did you paint with oil or acrylic?
❤️😍

[Diamond_Dog]

22. TY lucca18!

I used acrylics.

[LudwigPastorius]

23. Very nice...

and no frikken AI used!

REAL art

[Diamond_Dog]

24. Haha TY LudwigPastorius

I have no idea how to use that technological stuff!

[Ziggysmom]

25. Superb! I can feel the movement of the water and leaves. There is an inner energy that

excites, while the colors and subject matter are simultaneously very relaxing.

[Diamond_Dog]

26. Wow, TY so much Ziggysmom!

So much encouragement from all you wonderful DUers!

[wendyb-NC]

27. Beautifully done

Lovely autumn ambiance.

[Diamond_Dog]

28. TY Wendyb-NC!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

29. Gorgeous! Love the way you trearted the water.

Gorgeous.

[Diamond_Dog]

30. Ty so much Tom Yossarian Joad!

[usonian]

31. Nicely done.

I might have to send you some photos!

What might you be interested in?

I took foliage photos back in the color slide days and really need to scan them.

[Diamond_Dog]

33. TY usonian

It always seems I have more ideas than time to do what I want to do since life often gets in the way.

[sheshe2]

32. You can almost here the water falling.

Beautiful.

[Diamond_Dog]

34. TY so much, sheshe2

I am so touched by all the encouraging words here at DU.

[summer_in_TX]

36. That's gorgeous, Diamond Dog!

The waterfall and water pool below are near photographic, and the colors are lovely.

[usaf-vet]

37. I could hear it. Fabulous. Looks like fish in the upper center. Love to toss a fly into that corner.

[Diamond_Dog]

43. You bet! TY usaf-vet!

[Duncanpup]

38. Very nice

[Diamond_Dog]

44. Thank you Duncanpup!

Is it Golden approved?

[AverageJoe]

39. Gorgeous!

What a beautiful painting. Thank you for sharing!

[Diamond_Dog]

45. Thank you, AverageJoe!

[Bayard]

40. Well done!

I like the realism, especially the trees, and closer bushes.

[Diamond_Dog]

46. TY Bayard!

Quite often once I start, I have no idea how it will turn out till it’s done!

[chillfactor]

41. Simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great painting....very well done!!!!

[Diamond_Dog]

47. TY chillfactor!

Your comment blew me away! Appreciate your encouragement!

[samplegirl]

48. This is excellent!

Beautiful Job!!!! Would love to do water!

[femmedem]

49. Beautiful, Diamond Dog.

Someone else complimented you on the amount of detail, but what I find even more impressive is that you never lost the big simpler shapes that make up the composition as you added that detail.

Really nice atmospheric perspective, too.

[Diamond_Dog]

51. Wow, thank you femmedem!

I did this per request of a friend, from a photograph, so the composition was pretty much already set. Sometimes I wish I didn’t focus on detail so much! I tend to get bogged down with it, or so I feel, maybe it’s just me. But I do appreciate your comments! Thanks for being so encouraging!

I wonder if I should have put some people standing on the overlook platform on the far right. There were none in the photo so I felt that I should just stick to that. But maybe it would have been nice to see people there? Give it a perspective?

[LiberalLoner]

50. Wonderful work! 👍👏👏👏❤️

[Diamond_Dog]

52. Thank you so much, LiberalLoner!

[republianmushroom]

53. Great, I do like it.

[Diamond_Dog]

54. TY, republianmushroom!