Italian Relics

[pintor]

Hello all! This is my latest painting done on a 18 x 24 in. canvas. For this painting I used van dyck brown, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, venetian red, genuine naples yellow light, viridian, ultramarine blue, ivory black, and cremnitz white.

Comments and critiques are welcomed. Thanks for looking!!

[Freesail]

Looks very nice. I would have used a smaller canvas and painted less wall. I think that would have made for a better stiff life.

[lovin art]

Nice work! , I like the angle from which you have painted this ,but I do agree with Paul , the wall is alittle over powering to the objects youve beautifully painted in this...

ps, Paul thats a new one for me "Stiff Life"

[Red 9]

Fantastic painting! I like the play of light on the wall.

[pintor]

Thank you, Paul, Sandra and Red 9, for all your kind comments. For a while I thought of painting this in a smaller canvas..but all I had was an 18 x 24 stretcher..so I decided to stretch a canvas there and start painting. I have a carpenter friend who does the stretchers for me, so it won´t be too difficult to have it stretched in a 18 x 23 canvas instead. It will be my first time trying to stretch a finished painting on another stretcher..but I might give it a try ;-).

[marionh]

Nice painting but I would have liked to have seen the vase a little larger so that it was on a different level to the plate.

Is that you hiding in the reflection?

[pintor]

Hi, Marion! Thank you for your kind comments and observations.

Yes, that is me hiding on the reflection, I´m there painting that scene. I thought it was a neat idea to suggest that I was there painting behind the painting.

[LGHumphrey]

Jose, you asked for c&c--that vase is Italian all right, it has some relation to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

[crafor]

Nicely done, and I too, like that reflection. You have a good touch, I think.
Crafor

[pintor]

Thank you, Lawrence, for your kind critique..you do have a good sense of humor, lol. I will see if I can change that vase a bit, to make it look more symetrical.

Thank you, Crafor! I appreciate your kind comments.