@kimby
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@kimby
I really like the essence and technical execution of your painting - the time period are obvious to me. I so want to go swimming in that ocean right now! Compositionally, I would have included more visual appeal to the left side of the painting. Currently, I feel the work it is very right-side heavy and that my eye travels to the right of the image and stays there. I think there are storytelling issues that could be made clearer. The white stuff in the bow/stern of the French ship which I assume is the boat's wake and a splash of the cannonball? Or maybe smoke of a cannon? Visually, I don't think it is obvious what is happening. In addition, the foreground boat does not have a wake and thus, the more I look at the details of the image, the more I question whether or not the boats are traveling towards the viewer or out to sea. Another issue upon reflection is the scale of the French boat. It is odd logically. I mean, if the characters in the foreground are close enough to ready their pistols of the 18th century, then are they shooting at a toy boat ?
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