Gondola at Twilight2

Oil on Canvas Panel 12" by 10" -- touch up per Lori Ippolito's suggestion. I knocked back the pinks and yellows on the tower and dome and church face by scumbling some white with green oxide over the pink and white with dioxazine purple over the yellows. This is very subtle but if you go back and forth between my two paintings you will see that desaturating my sunset colors in the distant buildings sets them back in space and ends all the competition of the tower with the poles in the near water. This is an easy 5 minute fix. I will take down the first painting in another day or two.

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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 30, 2015 at 23:21: Thank you very much Manneherrin! Nice to see you back on this site!

Comment by Manneherrin on March 30, 2015 at 10:17: Wonderful render Stuart. I can see your personal style of vibrant colors in this piece. Your use of reflective light and shadow are superb. Im glad you knocked back the saturation of colors in the back ground so we can see how brilliant the foreground is. Well done.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 29, 2015 at 21:18: Thanks Gina!

Comment by Gina Dalkin-Davis on March 29, 2015 at 13:52: Stuart, like the way you reversed the gondola scene and added your own spin. The poles complement the tower I the background.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 28, 2015 at 17:38: Thank you Candi! I'm glad the tip was helpful.

Comment by Candi Hogan on March 28, 2015 at 11:57: LOVE these strong colors, and the way your gondola is sitting in the water! Thanks for the tip on pushing your background back

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 27, 2015 at 2:11: Thank you Sharon!

Comment by Sharon Casavant on March 27, 2015 at 1:59: I like the drawing of the gondola, the buildings are nice and the sky is nice, the colors are lovely! I like the short side of the gondola with the light on it!