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January 15, 2018 at 10:50 am #449510
11″ x 14″ paper size, colored pencil on Strathmore 100# smooth . .
I asking for critique here, particularly of the background . . how might it be handled differently . . ?
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"God is dead." —Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead." —God
January 15, 2018 at 11:43 pm #546105I think it is just beautiful work … all I can think of is .. on left side… the jump
In value from background to dark hair .. pulls the eye there.. maybe if the value was closer .. they eye wld stay in the face..[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Carol Sometime's failure is the opposite to success~ but sometimes failure can be the pathway to successJanuary 16, 2018 at 2:05 am #546103I like the background as is. The only critique I have is her neck. I know it’s in shadow but i think it needs some of her face color. It looks a little swollen to me. Maybe it’s the round neck of her garment that makes it look that way.
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January 16, 2018 at 4:36 am #546104I agree with Wassie- and the sharp edge of the shirt and that black outline around the hand needs to be softened.
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January 16, 2018 at 9:06 am #546108Thank you, carolkay, Wassie, & bethanyt,
All very good suggestions, all very helpful, and all very much appreciated . .
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January 16, 2018 at 3:11 pm #546109I went back in, and tried to incorporate all the suggestions received above . . any better . . ?
. . and thanks again for the help . .
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"God is dead." —Nietzsche
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January 17, 2018 at 2:46 pm #546102Beautiful Olaf!
Kay
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January 18, 2018 at 5:23 pm #546106Nice fix Olaf!
January 18, 2018 at 7:34 pm #546110Thanks, Kay and jonc50 . .
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"God is dead." —Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead." —God
January 20, 2018 at 10:21 am #546107Great work. Agreed on the neck drawing. It still needs some adjustments. I would darken the entire neck, in MPO. I would make the skin very smooth with no bumps.
As a general rule the fewer the wrinkles on a nice looking lady, the better.
Regarding the background, I would apply a little bit of violet to complement the skin, but barely.January 20, 2018 at 11:24 am #546111Great work. Agreed on the neck drawing. It still needs some adjustments. I would darken the entire neck, in MPO. I would make the skin very smooth with no bumps.
As a general rule the fewer the wrinkles on a nice looking lady, the better.
Regarding the background, I would apply a little bit of violet to complement the skin, but barely.Thanks, Moises, I appreciate the feedback and the suggestions. I did consider using violet in the background but chickened out . . next time for sure.
I use colored pencils mostly in my drawing and am always trying to avoid the excessively smooth, photo-realism to which I think CPs have fallen victim. Below is an example from a book . . I greatly admire the guy’s style . . rules are made to be broken . . ?
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