City Rooftops

Love this, Louise - those semi-abstract shapes, the wonderful arches, domes and lines and that very elegant and sophisticated palette - spot on!

It could do with a few bridges in there Louise.......only kiddinglol It's a wonderful collection of shapes and colour which is your speciality, not so much of your finer rigger work, which I personally like very much in your work.

It works in the aspect of depicting rooftops, almost a semi abstract with a wonderful variety of shapes.

They've all beaten me to it. Fab

I immediately saw that this was a 'Louise'-painting! stunning!

Thank you Seok, Fiona, Andre, Gudrun and Mia. Your lovely comments are appreciated but I'm still undecided even though I did the 'turn it to the wall and look with fresh eyes after a few days' thingy. I'm toying with the idea of adding some dark, finer lines and another colour but no bridges Fiona. Having looked at it yet again, some of the roof tops already look like those..LOL

Some of your fine rigger work would do it for me Louise!

Great as it is although a few windows would add to it but the danger is over-doing it.

Think you're right Fiona!

That's the problem Michael but by windows, I mean a few finer squiggly lines here and there. It looks a little unfinished to me but I suppose I can always try another one if it all goes wrong. I don't usually worry which is a bit worrying really..LOL

Superb louise

I like it as it is. It is strong and interesting, and my eye keeps wandering round it.

Many thanks Ruthy and Shirley. I really appreciate your opinions on this as I keep changing my mind which doesn't happen often. Usually I can just decide myself if it's any good or not and bin the failures. This one I'm still unsure about. It'll look better mounted up and framed. I do know that!

I'm just having another look Louise, and I'm not good at giving advice on this kind of thing but since you've mentioned it looking much improved to your eye mounted up, does it change the bottom right of the painting? My eye goes straight to the very light plumy wash and off the page, that's where I thought you could have your rigger bits. But the mount would probably have a 'stop' effect. Sorry, I'm probably not being very helpful. Just tell me to shut up!lol

Thanks for looking again Fiona. I find that I'm looking rather a lot at this one and it's growing on me :) Yes, those edges on the right will be cropped once it's mounted. That's probably why it looks unfinished. Thanks again, I needed the advice and I feel better for it!

Beautiful semi-abstract painting, Louise, and lovely palette.

Hi Louise I do particularly like this, and am loathed to suggest any ideas of adding to it.The scale is interesting and to me there is a predominant 90% angle . Its worth baring in mind the potential of what can be achieved in the palette, and the application of watercolour can be brisk, yet still very sophisticated ie. all the work is in the palette. I may have it all wrong but hopefully it makes sense.

Many thanks Cesare and David for your thoughts on this. It was painted rather quickly David without too much conscious thought really. I went by instinct, and to be honest, didn't plan the palette to much. I find that I do that a bit too often, picking up the nearest tubes of paint and thinking 'that colour should be ok'. Perhaps I should slow down but that results in 'tight' painting which I don't want to do. This 'rooftop' subject has been bugging me slightly and I confess to doing another today which I'm happier with. I agree David that all the work is in the palette and shall remember those words. Thanks again.