Shack by the Sea...

Oil on mdf board.20x25 cm. Decided to change the model a bit... felt more at ease with the sea..., though it's not so easy for me to invent, I went for it, and I'm not unhappy with the result!!!!
Comments and critiques welcome!!!

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Comment by Jessica Futerman on April 22, 2015 at 6:44: Beautifully done, Silvana!

Comment by Ruby on April 21, 2015 at 19:29: excellent !!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on April 21, 2015 at 14:30: I love this Silvana!!! Many good comments, so no sense in me adding anything. :))

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 21, 2015 at 8:04: Lori,I actually love to see those black coming storms at the sea.. where Igo, stormscome generally from teouth, and the sun is still shining in the west...so it is very common and beautiful to see those contrasts!

Thanks Ann!!! Thanks Chris for your input too! Do the values have to be lighter to give the painting more depth?

Comment by Chris Bloom on April 20, 2015 at 23:33: Another thing to consider as far as values is to keep sand,sea and sky lighter than you have it.

Comment by Chris Bloom on April 20, 2015 at 23:30: Love the grasses

Comment by Ann Turner on April 20, 2015 at 16:16: I like your concept of placing the shed by the sea. It definitely raised the real estate value. Put it on the California coast a sell it for a couple million or so ! LOL I think you could fix the problem of dark value on the left by placing some of those shadows( like your path) on the beach from the grass edge and darkening the shore water that could be in the shadowed area of the water with the far water remaining in the sun to take us back into the painting. Landscapes can have a major and minor focus point if it moves the viewer around.

Comment by Lori Ippolito on April 20, 2015 at 16:15: Good question! You'd need a dark sky..but then how is the foreground going to be in bright sunlight? Maybe yo can add dark land in the bg ..as though the coast turns an the water is in inlet? Then maybe the water and beach remain part of the light. Hope someone with more know how chimes in soon!!! Lol

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 20, 2015 at 12:44: Thx Lori! I really appreciate your input! At first, I thought of making a stormy sea scene... to maintain the darks at the back, but I really didn't know how to deal with the water... dark at the back too? And lighter when closer?