Holy cow. I think I lost a thousand percent of my color when I uploaded this onto blogger. Anyhow, this is my first painting back from my year-long pregnancy hiatus. I don't know what was wrong with me. I couldn't paint. Made me nauseous. Tear it apart, please. I'd love to hear your most critical feedback. Thanks!
2 comments:
I'm so glad to see you painting again. I am mostly concerned about the age of the girl. Her head is a little large and her forearm and hand are a little chunky, and something about her chest makes her look like a little girl. However, her face looks like a grown woman and her legs are also slender and curvy like a grown woman's. The top part of her arm might be a little short too? I'm not exactly sure, but the proportions make it look like a girl when the face looks like a woman's.
Also, the legs are a bit confusing. The leg that is kicking higher than the other looks like it is the leg closer to us because the shadow at the knee is not as prominent, but the way the heels are turned make it look like the other way around. I would say by the look of the ankle on the lower leg, that it should be the one closer to us, but the shadow at the knee is so dark and large, that it makes that leg recede.
I hope that all makes sense and is helpful. I love the background the how the looseness contrasts with the tighter rendering of the subject.
I can definitely see you shaking off some rust. Like Michelle said though, the important thing is that you're painting again - and the first after a long spell is always a bugger.
I would concur mostly with Michelle. It's not so much that he proportions are off - it could be cute - but they just don't work together in a playful cartoony way. And her position or stance - there is no environmental context, so she just reads as precarious and awkward. Structurally, her hand is broken. And there's something about the background that washes her out - detracts from her dress instead of complimenting it. The hair is handled well, but it gets lost.
I think my favorite element is her legs. The warm flesh and the cool background, and the way the edges fluctuate.
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