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Comment by Laura Xu on August 31, 2013 at 11:57

Beautiful Sky Lori!

Comment by Dr.Chandana "Chan" Hewage on August 30, 2013 at 0:31

Can I give you a small advise? Please make the 'focus of interest' focused. Means, have 'hard edges' there. Make soft edges elsewhere if you want. But at least one place has to have hard edges and more detail. 

Comment by Lori Ippolito on August 29, 2013 at 14:59

Many thanks Darva & Betsy..I'm encouraged by your words!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on August 29, 2013 at 14:58

Hi Ann..I'm sitting down & putting together all the helpful advice on this..hope I can get those trees warmed up!!! I appreciate your input!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on August 29, 2013 at 14:57

Thanks very much Patricia...and wouldn't I love to have a studio facing sunrise and water!!! Ahhhhhh:)

Comment by Patricia Genever on August 29, 2013 at 11:29

WOW!!  I absolutely love your beautiful and colourful painting.  You have captured the fleeting sunrise beautifully!! 

My painting table, is in front of full length glass windows, faces east and overlooks the sea.  So I clearly see the morning sunrise and I have made countless observations under different weather conditions too.   I too have tried to understand the difference between sunset and sunrise but since my home is orientated towards the sunrise I can only comment truthfully on those observations. 

I have also just recently read about how to identify a sunrise and sunset in an art book. The author says that at sunrise, the bottom of the clouds, above the horizon,  will be lighter (sun shines upward) than the clouds at the top.  At sunset the top of the clouds are lighter and the bottom edges are therefore darker (sun shines downward).  

This statement makes logical sense but from my own daily observation this is not always the case, as I have observed that clouds above the horizon at sunrise, are sometimes lit at the top and are darker at the bottom. What I think the author was trying to say, that this is one way to portray a sunrise so that the viewer will know whether it is a sunrise or sunset, but as one commentator here says that most people are really not that observant.  It's whether or not a painting is captivating and well painted as in your case that really counts.. 

Photographs sometimes distort the shape and colour of objects, so I can only comment on what I see in your photograph and on my screen.  It took me awhile to identify the actual position of the sun.  It was only when I looked at the photograph that I saw where it was located.  Not sure if this is showing up on my screen only, but if it isn't, may I kindly suggest you make your actual sun shape rounder and brighter as in your photograph.

Look forward to seeing more of your paintings Lori...

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on August 29, 2013 at 5:04

Lori, I read somewhere that the color of morning light is yellow, but less golden than that of evening/late afternoon light. But who cares, when it comes to this painting? Unless they are finicky meteorologists, your recipients will love this. Most people don't know the difference, and THAT is a good thing!

Comment by Ann Turner on August 29, 2013 at 3:43

Hi Lori, Love your sky ! The left tree area will be more cohesive if you warm up those highlights on the trunks and foliage as recommended by the other artists. You have warm yummy light from the sky so it would be on the trees also. Keep the trees dark but add some warm dark notes to tie it all together. I am also bothered by the swoop of grass center foreground, just even it out to stabilize the composition. I like the rest of it, reflection of colors in the water, backlighting on the grass, shape of trees and horizion (not cutting painting in 1/2) are all well done. I also like the crop that simplifies the scene. Nice painting !

Comment by Darya Vassina on August 29, 2013 at 3:36

Lori, beautiful sky, beautiful painting! I would just probably agree with Michael on 'smoothing over' the concave shapes in the foreground. Your friends should be very, very pleased to have this painting!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on August 29, 2013 at 0:52

RE the color of the trees....I have them backlit with a very light almost whitish color..will warm that up per Michael...Micahael are you thinking the trees themselves should have more color?  I was thinking they should be very dark as we see the back of them in the dawn..again as per the sunrise photo...though I certainly brought plenty of color to the foreground, so that might work perfectly!  I'l work out a bigger, more defined bush lower right to balance things out..I thought that area looked a bit like MARS!!! LOL

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