Lonna's Seascape

Lonna's new watercolor seascape has nice color and great energy. The watercolor marks are also interesting. It is based on the painting below. I like the changes of the direction of the waves and the sweep of the rocks in the source painting which to an extent, Lonna emulated. She changed the scale of the rocks by making the larger rock on the left smaller and the smaller rock in the right bottom corner larger, relative to the inspiration. This changed the space between them. She has made the wave breaking at the beach smaller. This has created more area for water before the wave and more shore beyond it to the left. The only issue I see with Lonna's interpretation is that the space between the rocks has become a little muddy.

In Lonna's reference, note the following:

1. The sweep of the direction of the waves.
2. Note the planes and the change of planes from the top, in light, to the side away from the light.
3. Note the top of the wave being lighter and the side away from the light a blue color
4. Just a note to see that this rock is smaller.
5. And this rock is larger. 

I've done a quick Photoshop overlay of Lonna's painting to point out a few things.
1. A reiteration of the idea of describing the planes of these rocks with the light and dark shapes.
2. Just to be aware of the scale of these rocks. These are, after all, graphic shapes and a piece of your composition puzzle of shapes.
3. I'd imagine some spray from the surf hitting these rocks.
4. This is a quick indication of an area of water leading into the wave.
5. Be aware of the light and dark side of the wave.
6. Maybe darken the sand on the beach in front of the breaking wave.

A nice job Lonna. The painting would be enhanced without further changes by using just a little goauche white to accentuate the waves between the rocks.