WIP teahouse and cliff walk

[RI painter]

Cooking this one up in the studio from a plein air and some imagination from this summer. It was originally done at a "wet paint" event and below are some of my painting companions including MFER (hands on hips)( I am taking the picture, not in it, but my set-up is).
This is 15" x 30" and still has some work to go, including modeling the tea house and boosting all over.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/25-Feb-2006/38670-teahouse1.jpg

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/25-Feb-2006/38670-wet_paint_tea_house.JPG

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/25-Feb-2006/38670-tea_houseref.jpg

[JamieWG]

Jon, I really love the composition of this one, and the color/rendering is a credit to your plein air roots.

Jamie

[Katherine T]

This is looking very promising

I visited your website - and you have some very impressive work there both plein air and studio. The one that really caught my eye was "On the Drop" - brilliant idea!

[RI painter]

Jon, I really love the composition of this one, and the color/rendering is a credit to your plein air roots.

Jamie


Thanks Jamie, Trying to make the inside tuff look "outsidsie", but its tough.
jon

[RI painter]

This is looking very promising

I visited your website - and you have some very impressive work there both plein air and studio. The one that really caught my eye was "On the Drop" - brilliant idea!


Thanks Katherine and thanks for visiting my website. The fish painting was from 98.
Jon

[RI painter]

Here it is finished:
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/02-Mar-2006/38670-teahousecliffwalk72.jpg

thanks,
jon

[LDianeJohnson]

Hi Jon,

This is a lovely painting. You have been able to do what many PA painters cannot...that is keeping the painting as fresh as a plein-air piece. You have lots of depth and glowing color in the background, nice sky, great composition for a symmetrical painting. I would maybe pull back or outward a tad more on the base of the mound that seems to be positioned nearly dead center.

Another thing I could recommend is on the foreground tree to the left. Bring just a few grasses up from behind the tree ans it is flush with the sea and the ground.

Lastly, the shadow cast by the tree...the edge closest to the viewer is a bit hard. A simple sudge to break up the linear quality there may work well.

Love the lost and found edges and way you handled the round bushes on the mound. Those are hard to deal with when everything else is so naturalized in a landscape.

Love it.
Diane

[brianc]

Jon,

(Sorry I'm late to the party) This is excellent. I've always loved the tea house painting. I'm glad you've immortalized it in another masterpiece :)

I'm impressed with the way you've caught the late light of the day and those low shadows on the tree on the right. Those rich oranges in the clouds draw me in and hold me near the tea house. The trail leads to the tea house, even the tree "points" to the tea house I agree with Diane that a hint of grasses next to the tree would help.

I'm a little surprised you didn't put any of those colorful clouds next to the tea house, but maybe that disrupts your color plan.

Anyway, looks great. Nice work. Hope it sells fast for $$$ :)