Our Lady Of Seven Sorrows church

[Yax]

There is this little church on a remote spot of this island that I have wanted to paint. Last week I went there; got all set up, and just when I was going to paint my first stroke it started raining. By the time I got all my stuff back to my truck, I looked like a drowned rat. Today I tried it again, and this little church allowed me to paint her. Yax

[LarrySeiler]

nice composition Yax....and I really enjoy the inviting shadows and spotted light in the foreground.....

Last week, we had sun, spring...green grass, kids playing softball and baseball, and I was raking the yard. This morning, we have about a foot of snow outside, and the branches of the trees are so weighed down they are just a few inches some from the ground. Gotta love the northwoods!

Larry

[walden]

Very nice-- beautiful colors. The only suggestion I would make is in future to lower the horizon a little bit. It looks like when you frame this you're going to lose almost all of the sky. Good work, though!

[Wayne Gaudon]

Looking good yax
.. have to agree with Lisa .. another inch of sky would have been nice.

[Yax]

Thanks lseiler, walden and Wayne Gaudon. When I set up this painting I wanted the shady spots in the foreground, and I wanted to capture the background mountains. I knew in a short time that I didn't leave enough sky. After reading your comments I made a few changes; so this painting is not a true En Plein Aire, but now is a "En Plein Aire fin dans le studio" :D Yax

[Wayne Gaudon]

I like this one better as the background is not as busy and now you pay more attention to the little church instead of roaming the hills.

[walden]

Well, I think it is an artistically stronger painting now, but I MISS those hills-- they were lovely, and I liked wandering around in them. :)