Merci, Monet!

Was in Venice some years ago before the days of digital photography & came away with only a handful of photos - nothing very paintable - it was really a pleasure to follow Richard's video & paint this beautiful scene today!

8" x 10", WSO on canvas

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Comment by Jessica Futerman on March 17, 2015 at 3:40: Thank you very much Olivia!

Comment by Olivia O'Carra on March 16, 2015 at 10:57: Very striking Jessica. your handling of the water is terrific

Comment by Jessica Futerman on March 16, 2015 at 10:03: Thank you so much everyone - Jon, Lori, Laura, Michael, Ann, Steinunn & Linda! I appreciate all your comments. Michael, you are completely right - I just softened a lot of those edges in the background & it looks a lot more interesting. Will repost it tomorrow.

Comment by Linda McNeill on March 16, 2015 at 8:05: Lovely work, Jessica.

Comment by Steinunn Einarsdottir on March 16, 2015 at 7:51: I like it very much Jessica, especially the depth and movement of the water .

Comment by Ann Turner on March 16, 2015 at 7:43: Beautiful brushwork in the water ! Lots of thick juicy paint

Comment by Michael J. Severin on March 16, 2015 at 6:52: Jessica, as usual ... a very well done painting!!! ...I really like the way you "pushed" the paint around to get the watery effect in the foreground. The background would be more mysterious and have further depth, if you would not have such sharp edges to those buildings ....it looks like you have attempted to draw them very precisely, which is what you do not want to do ...I think the value is okay, but recommend you just diffuse those edges a little...keep the sharp edges for the foreground stuff.

Comment by Laura Xu on March 16, 2015 at 6:02: Great job, Jessica! It is soooo beautiful!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on March 16, 2015 at 5:52: What a beautiful job Jess!! Your sky is so lovely and water so mysterious..your brushwork is terrific!!!

Comment by Jon Main on March 16, 2015 at 5:13: I like the controlled feel of the drawing and brush strokes - and the high key background - gives it unity