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Subject: Old part of Mission at San Juan Capistrano

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jimmy4u

Posts:82

09/14/2008 5:29 PM Alert 

Just finished this for the gallery. It's taken from a photo a friend of mine took on a recent trip to the mission at San Juan Capistrano. I've never been there myself, but the photo was intriguing. I did not know the mission had an old ruins part to it.Please let me know what you think.

Thanks!







All the best,
Jim
Lung Tom
Posts:312

09/15/2008 12:08 AM Alert 
That is beautiful Jimmy. I visited the mission back in the late 1950's after the return of the swallows.

Lung Tom: Lung is Thai for "Uncle" the u is pronounced as a oo as in loose.
jimmy4u

Posts:82

09/15/2008 11:23 PM Alert 

Thanks Lung Tom,

Appreciate your comments. I have this up at Wet Canvas too, and a couple of the artists suggested some changes. I've made them because they made sense to me. Here's a picture although a little more cropped and a little darker. Let me know what you think.







All the best,
Jim
Lung Tom
Posts:312

09/16/2008 8:48 AM Alert 
The darkening tends to indicate more age to the rocks.  But the first image is more typical of the California sunshine.

Lung Tom: Lung is Thai for "Uncle" the u is pronounced as a oo as in loose.
JoyK

Posts:196

09/16/2008 2:00 PM Alert 
I like the value in both, but I also like the first one better. In the second one, the gate "blocks" the entrance to the mission. It would more inviting if it were open.

JOY

Cogito ergo sum.
jimmy4u

Posts:82

09/17/2008 10:49 AM Alert 

Thanks Joy for the comments.
Always appreciated.


All the best,
Jim
vikingwife

Posts:910

09/18/2008 12:59 PM Alert 
Hi Jim....I actually like the second one better. I like the darks that you added and the figure really draws you in to the painting.

Jess
Jim

Posts:2748

09/18/2008 4:12 PM Alert 
Thanks Jess,
I do also. Appreciate your feedback on this.

All the best,
Jim

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