Summer Bunting

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Comment by Sarah Bottjer on January 29, 2015 at 21:35

Thank you Ana! I have added an update using Michael' advice which has improved this version..

Comment by Ana Murza on January 29, 2015 at 12:59

I like the atmosphere  in this piece. Is very cheerful. Implementing all the advice from Michael will give anther dimension to  your painting.

Comment by Sarah Bottjer on January 25, 2015 at 22:33

Thank you Ningning! It is rather romantic, isn't it! Michael certainly gave me lots of good advice :) I appreciate how much time and effort everybody takes on this site to help each other and gee them on :) all the best :)

Comment by Ningning Li on January 25, 2015 at 14:53

Thanks Michael for your time and wisdom to help us. Sarah , your painting is very romantic, I am eager to see the changes you are going to make. Good luck, lucky Sarah.

Comment by Sarah Bottjer on January 24, 2015 at 7:29

Thanks Lori! I managed to fix the changes and up loaded it again! All good fun :)

Comment by Lori Ippolito on January 24, 2015 at 3:43

Good luck..sounds like fixes you can surely make! I like this cheery painting!

Comment by Sarah Bottjer on January 15, 2015 at 10:21

You have inspired me to have a go at changing the sky etc in my painting Michael! I shall start tomorrow and if I feel extra brave I shall dull down the front figure too! Wish me luck!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on January 15, 2015 at 10:04

Oh, BTW ...do not go half and half with the umbrella ...1/4 light ...3/4 half tone ...(the tone you have now). 

Comment by Michael J. Severin on January 15, 2015 at 9:58

Hi Sarah.  your yellow umbrella is the correct tone in shadow, so when you punch a highlight on the left side of the umbrella, it will pop!!!  Okay, the sky.  We are looking more or less INTO THE SUN ..therefore ..the sky should be quite bright and warm ...you can use a prismatic approach ...white, yellow, red, and blue ...with the yellow +white predominating. ...use a lot of white  Then punch that yellow/white in a heavy impasto stroke on the street coming toward you ..if it is too intense, then kind of nudge some of your gray street color into its edges.  When you put the rim light (highlights) on the figures and umbrella ..your painting will sparkle!!!  I like your background information ...don't mess with that.  :))

Comment by Sarah Bottjer on January 15, 2015 at 7:47

Michael, thank you so much for taking the time to explain certain points. I had noticed the yellow umbrella did not have much shadow on one side of it once I had uploaded it and I remember wondering whether I should dull the front figure down a bit but wasn't brave enough to do so :( the shadow information was very helpful and I shall remember that advise on further paintings. I did think that my sky was light enough. Can you tell me what mix of colour you would use? (I thought maybe ultramarine, alizarin and lots of white!,,,,).
Thanks for all that good advice! It's the only way to learn more.

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