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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Look forward to seeing what you find Michael. 

Alan Bickley

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I suspect that if it was portrayed in all its glory, it would be the main focus and basically a painting of a rainbow! The old masters purposely kept them low key for this very reason - they work for me, just a hint is all that’s needed.

Alan Bickley

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There’s some shocking stuff out there… here are a couple of examples, the very reason to keep them low key and subdued!
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Michael Edwards

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Yes I agree Alan - two awful examples and the rainbow needs to be kept low key but the landscape should be wet and sparkling in the sunlight.  Still not found anything and currently on a farm in Derbyshire with little time to paint or search the net but I will keep looking when I get a few moments.

Jenny Harris

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Interesting discussion, I love rainbows. These two are very different paintings but both have a nice light in them, especially the first, although the rainbow is the focus (and it is digital).

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Denise Cat

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It could be an interesting topic for one of the monthly challenges, I'm sure it would put us all out of our comfort zone but would be interesting, as it must be one of the most difficult illusions to paint. I think I would have great difficulty, painting one but I am interested to find out why they are so difficult, so I will try some time. Not anytime soon though, I think. Then again, you never know.

Ellen Mooney

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I love to see rainbows for real, but in a painting I think they all look a bit false. Apart from the painting that Kay posted, the subliminal image is beautiful, leaving the viewer to create their own image of a rainbow.   
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Robert Jones, Napa

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In the real failures, it always seems to be the blue and the yellow that wrecks the attempt - by the way, I don't think the Salisbury Cathedral painting is "drab", Michael.... not exactly fairy lights twinkling on the glistening dew, I grant: but dark (possibly darker than when originally painted) as opposed to dismal.
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