Blue Boat retake

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Comment by Pauline Le Merle on October 28, 2016 at 6:43

Thank you for your most encouraging comment Mairo. I am so happy you liked this painting :-}}

Comment by Mairo Piroue on October 26, 2016 at 10:02

I really like this painting; the overall blue effect is stunning and I love the colours that you have chosen; especially the combination of the vibrant green foliage and the bright blues on the boat; to my eye they set each other off very nicely. I really like your brush strokes too and the atmosphere rendered by the stillness of the boat in the calm waters. It is a lovely style.

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on October 18, 2016 at 6:35

Thank you Cristina, lovely to be back amongst you all again :-}}

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on October 16, 2016 at 13:09

Superb! Welcome back,Pauline! 

Comment by Pauline Le Merle on October 15, 2016 at 6:45

Thank you Jessica for your lovely comment and thank you michael for such a wonderful critique it was one of thoes painting whereby the colours seemed to work instantly.  This is very unusual for me and my plein air efforts.  I really want to do this again maybe with a bigger expanse of water to try out my newly found seldom used friend Phalo blue.  I'm well chuffed thanks again both! :-}} 

Comment by Michael J. Severin on October 15, 2016 at 3:49

Among other things, Pauline, I love how you under painted the darks of the trees in beautiful transparent warm tones, and then painted the various greens and blue greens on top! The dominant cool tones of your painting are balanced by that warmth.  The tree darks, being a more muted version of your orange boat buoy, creates a nice unifying pair of complimentary contrasts as well as a contrast of saturation between the two.  Lots of other good things happening in this painting, Pauline .... but would take a page to discuss!  Anyway, beautiful painting.

Comment by Jessica Futerman on October 15, 2016 at 2:49

Beautiful blues & sense of light, Pauline - lovely work!