Cedar Key

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Comment by Ningning Li on May 25, 2013 at 13:25

Very interesting composition and impressing.

Comment by Sharon Repple on May 20, 2013 at 3:36

Thanks everyone

Comment by Jessica Futerman on May 19, 2013 at 19:45

Great news, Sharon!  Congratulations!  Enjoy your new grandson!  Lovely painting, too - look forward to seeing the final version when you have time for it.

Comment by Dorian Aronson on May 19, 2013 at 19:35

Congratulation Sharon on your newest grandson!  Also congratulations on your beautiful  unique  "Cedar Keys"  sending Smiles to you : ))

Comment by Sharon Repple on May 19, 2013 at 12:23

Looks like I won't be able to make changes soon since my newest grandson has arrived and I'm doing Grandma duty for a couple of weeks. Mother and son are doing well. 

Comment by Sharon Repple on May 11, 2013 at 11:46

Thanks Michael, wonderful suggestions, you nailed a number of things I missed.  I'll work on them and post my revisions.  Thank you so much for taking the time to review my painting.  

Comment by Michael J. Severin on May 11, 2013 at 9:33

Very nice Sharon.  Your water looks fine and your DISTANT  atmospheric perspective is good!!  I would like to comment on your dark windows (doors?) and a few other points.   They are too dark and all the same.  That kind of messes up your feeling of it being in the atmosphere.  Somewhere in your painting, there needs to be a darkest dark and a lightest light, a most intense color, and a sharpest line...and that must be confined to one area...  Something has to give up being the star here ...somewhere, your railings and dark windows must bow out and become a little more subordinate.  Those windows over the signage can have reflected sky and water bounce up into them (probably sky?)  You show a light part of the wall between the 2 windows on the first floor ...is that correct? ..I believe that should also be in shadow like the rest of the wall?  The front wall behind the railings would have bounced warm light on it, and as  it turns the corner on the left, your railing and the wall should indicate that change of plane with a value or temperature change....like you did on the bottom skirt and pilings. There is another plane change where the wall with the 3 small windows turns into the triangle of light and shadow....that change needs to be shown or else the wall looks straight across with no dimension.  A cast shadow from the tower onto the roof would be a nice piece of interest ... This painting is very good, Sharon .....it has a lot more potential though, and can easily be raised up a notch.

Comment by Sharon Repple on May 10, 2013 at 14:34

Thanks Nan and Laura for your great comments

Comment by Nan Cobie on May 10, 2013 at 13:40

I especially like the sky and the background. Lovely painting.

Comment by Laura Xu on May 10, 2013 at 8:17

Sharon, I love this one. The color contrast and reflection are beautiful.