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Two Cranes

Two Cranes is my latest oil.  Please comment.

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quick reaction

Here are my quick reactions;

Nice composition. I like the positions of the birds. The blues are really nice. Overall I like it.

I would like to see greater contrast between the background and the cranes somehow. The cranes blend too much. And I would like that beige foreground piece in the lower right corner to either be  emphasized or removed. It doesn't seem to have an identity or purpose.

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Good suggestion

Sketch thanks for the comments.  I thought the lower corner needed something, too.  I added grass to it.  It doesn't draw your eye anymore. The photo didn't show a good delineation of birds and background but it is there in the painting.

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Yup. Needs contrast.

Sketch is right. The values between the birds and the background are too close. Either darken the background and lighten the birds especially the left hand one and maybe pop some highlights on the water ripples. The other option is to lighten the background.

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