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andreuccettiart — In Piazza del Campo a Siena
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Published: 2011-04-20 08:24:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 2632; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 131
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watercolor on papercm 56 x 76
2011
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What grabs me immediately about this painting are the buildings; their neat, straight shapes and their warm colors. Next, I see the movement-blurred people, more shapes than personalities. They are part of the landscape as much as the building, as if a part of this place, intrinsically, is that people are here. It's the portrait of a place, not a building or a person. That wide view is something I admire greatly because I have difficulty painting it.
The painting has an impressive sense of scale. The men closest have facial features. The people in the back are merely black dots next to tiny red-and-black squares. I notice that you merely leave the female faces blank. This subtly suggests the more delicate facial features.
The sense of distance, the idea that you can keep on looking back and back and back, is what really makes me feel I have room to breathe. I could step into the painting.
Even behind the towering orange buildings, there are yellow-and-violet buildings. Everything has more than one layer.
The space is divided so well on this painting. You have only a tiny slice of pale-washed sky, and that seems natural.
Overall, this is a beautiful painting with an exquisite sense of light and shadow.
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thank you for such beautiful words. this is a really lovely critique. thank you again.
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You're welcome! It's a beautiful picture. You deserve it.
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Wonderful colours and atmosphere. I like how you show the details where they are needed and still remain sketchy and simple.
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glad for your appreciation. thanx
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Amazing! All the figures are lovely. I'm particularly drawn to the figure sitting down and the detail of the tower in the back. <3
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I really like the way that the people seem to be in motion. It makes the painting feel alive! Wonderful work of art!
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thank you so much. glad you like my work.
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thank you so much.
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That's wonderful, I love the colors and the light ^^
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I definitely agree with you about the light. After looking at it for some time, I realized that the light is what has been captured so well--the way it lights up or casts shadows on the buildings, and the overall glow that fills the piazza.
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The overall feel of this piece is wonderful
(if I might make an observation the tower in the background is brought forward a bit much by it's sharpness of detail)
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you are right about the tower and I've just clear the shape with water. next time I'll post the new finished painting.
thank you.
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