Sketchbook Thread of fii7e

[JM-art]

Hey, is true that there are things to improve, but that´s ok we all here have things to improve.

First of all, i want to say that you have a interesting style, i see some graphic design and collage style in the last two works and that is nice, is fresh. Secondly, if is true that you (who don´t?) need to practice more anatomy, perspective, and proportions,but is also true that all of this things are not that bad either in this works...with little effort and practice it looks like you can grow easily. In the second picture you achieved a nice illustration feeling on the girl.

Maybe before trying to do finished works, you could spent more time doing studies and sketches about all the mentioned things to have a better base and understanding.

And about lacking detail in the photograph, just try to figure it out, imagine what´s there, and if you can´t, just do your version, you dont need to copie the photograph 100% accurate, you can find some photos of eyes or faces with good resolution and base you paint on that, tryng to keep the lighting consistent. The reference you use have to serve you, and not the other way;) . Do anything you want to make the picture you want, with the only limit of just plaing copy others works or styles (at least you are studing other artists of course, then is ok).

Keep posting.

Cheers.

[fii7e]

Hey,
Thank you for your nice words JMART. Yes, I need to learn so much and there is not enough time for everything and such things like the Human-mood are harassing me. I try to get better with colors...
I spend alot of time into it rightnow..
I worked on the face of the second painting.. I have tried to image the parts I can'r really see on the picture... mmhh I hope I can get this painting in a way done, that the girl I am painting here is happy/lucky with it mhhh.... :-o
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4291/17962072.jpg

[matiasmilito30]

Hi fii7e!

how are you? well I must say that I liked very much the way you painted the hair of that girl. I like the lighting and the depth that you created. Especially in the last close up. It feels very natural. You

definitely know how to paint hair.


But I recommend you to make softer transitions between hair and skin. Maybe by putting some locks of hair in front of her forehead, in order to hide the hard edges. Try to blend more your edges when it comes to painting people. Also your stroke feels too controled. Try doing some gestual drawings to loosen your hand.

I like the mood of the image of the girl standing on that field. But technically, it feels like she was cutted from another picture I pasted into this one. That's because the edges and the general lighting need to be ajusted to the light of that country-scene in particular. Do not forget that we all see things of the real world thanks to light conditions. The body of the girl has light all over her body. The subject is too iluminated in relation to the sun intensity (it is dawn in the picture). I suggest you study the fundamentals of light and shadow. It can be very helpfull.

I liked the anatomy of her feet, but her arms seem to be too muscular for a female body. Do not get me wrong, a woman can be muscular. It's just I feel it is no appropiate in this case because of the mood of the image. Try to look at anatomy books and then grab some nude artistic photos and draw the muscles over the photo. That helped me a lot.

Best regards and keep painting!

[Gord-MacDonald]

I like the cat - esp the eye - lots of "cat attitude" in it

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