Plein air at China Camp

Hello again, here is another version of my painting. Michael, I had a bit of problem trying to go by your suggestions, in the end I decided to to move the beach higher up and right along and felt it looked more balanced and I also lightened up the trees a bit. What do you think?
I would like to correct myself with the name of the lady artist beside Michael, her name is Laura Xu. My apologies Laura for my mistake.:))
Another correction to my entry. The place they are painting at is China Camp. http://www.friendsofchinacamp.org/history.html

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Comment by Silvana M Albano on January 4, 2015 at 12:04: SUPER!!!!! :)

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on January 4, 2015 at 9:30: Stunning! Love it!!!

Comment by Steinunn Einarsdottir on January 3, 2015 at 18:35: I am glad you like Laura, I would not have minded to have been there with you as well. I wanted to paint it from the very first time I saw your photo so I printed it out and kept til I was ready, it reminded me so of Australia when I was out painting in those days.:) Happy Year to you Laura.

Comment by Steinunn Einarsdottir on January 3, 2015 at 18:30: Thank you Ian, your comment is very much appreciated. Happy new year to you!

Comment by Laura Xu on January 3, 2015 at 13:56: Wow!!! Steinunn, You just have done great job! It is Michael and Me painting. Just a great time painting together. Thanks Stu taking the wonderful picture!

Comment by Steinunn Einarsdottir on January 3, 2015 at 10:33: Thank you, thank you Michael for your criticism, I did my best to follow your advice and could straight away see the big improvement. Thanks again.:):)

Comment by Michael J. Severin on January 3, 2015 at 10:06: Yes, Yes, Yes!!! ..Wow! ..you made the perfect decisions!! ...look at how those beautiful shapes fit like a jigsaw puzzle!! ..you now have positive and negative shapes all interacting ....great work Steinunn!! Notice how the overlapping of the canvas and hats has pulled the figures way into the foreground!! You now have depth between the figures and the distant headland .everything is laying down nicely now ..and no ambiguous shapes. :))))!

Comment by Steinunn Einarsdottir on January 3, 2015 at 9:32: Thank you very much Ann, you make me very happy with your comments, it took bit of thinking. I was trying to go by Michael´s suggestions, it is always good for oneself to face a changes.:)

Comment by Ann Turner on January 3, 2015 at 8:39: Looks great ! I could tell who they are from your great painting back shot. You have captured the painting stances and the mass of Michael along side the slender figure of Laura as they paint the Bay area in northern CA