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 Lori Ippolito on April 20, 2015 at 12:35: Good to do a grayscale..it really helps to see the values. I agree you can use more darks on the left. Actually, to keep with the idea in the workshop, you'd need to make left and bg dark..so the bright foreground stands out and draws the eye back into the painting. Not sure how to accomplish that without wrecking what you've done though.

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 20, 2015 at 11:46: Thanks Lori!!!

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 20, 2015 at 11:43: It was looking at it again... and I think all of my left side should be a bit darker... What do you think? It's all in a mid grey... except the darks... I still have to record those things in my brain...!!!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on April 20, 2015 at 11:36: WOW!!! You have really made this your own! Love your concept

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 20, 2015 at 11:35: Laura, Cristina, Thanks!!! I think I felt I wanted to be at the sea....as now physically is impossible, I let it be in a painting!!! and...Richard's seagulls just had to be there! :) !!!

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on April 20, 2015 at 11:04: Lovely capture of the light, beautiful use of colors!!

Comment by Laura Xu on April 20, 2015 at 10:14: Silvana, this is excellent! I really like how you opened up the background.

Comment by Silvana M Albano on April 20, 2015 at 10:12: Candi, Judy, Linda, Diane, thank you very much! Diane,I had to come and look at the painting.. actually I never thought of the shadow cast of the pole nor of the poles leaning on the wall... but I think that the shadow you are refering to is the shadow of sth that cannot be seen in the painting (or is it from that window in the roof?). Perhaps I should have made the shadow towards the sea more obvious, as also the shadows of the short poles on the wall... I have also realized that the seagulls have no shadows...just reflections. Diane,Thanks for your comment!!! It made me realize quite a lot of things!

Comment by diane boucher on April 20, 2015 at 9:30: I love the isolated remote feeling you have given this hide away

. Not very good at this technicality but would the shadow cast by the telegraph pole be going toward the sea rather than on the shed wall?? Of course this maybe something else entirely :)

Lovely colour combinations.