I prefere the old pose.If the masked woman is the master…with this new pose she seems forced to keep the blonde woman in her arms,she seems tired to hold the servant.
In the old one the master gives the idea of being very strong and she doesn’t need to flex her legs to hold the servant a feeling of Omnipotence…
Looking beautiful as always, Linda; the poses are much improved and the color scheme seems to have a better balance to it. 
Very soothing style, so easy on the eyes. Really like it so far, can’t wait to see more!
BEAULTIFULL job linda !!!
some day i ll do something like this ! hahaha…
i hope so !
c ya !
Lookin’ great so far, I like the soft looks. The reddish coloring does look nice, yes.
Not that I’m one to talk about lighting, but I think you should brighten the surroundings up a little- the highlight on her shoulder stands out a little too much.
Wow!
Love the quotes on the peaches. That’s great stuff. Now I know why I can never get that song out of my head once I here it: Millions of peaches…peaches for me…! lol.
:wise: Just a thought :wise: : I wouldn’t bring her head further up. I would however loosen some of her fingers, possibly on her right hand to imply she’s actually just getting a hold of her. It suggests more motion and it seems a small effort for such a cool effect. She seems, uhm, the word’s alive or very strong, probably. Leading me to believe she’s passionate about whatever she does. Would be complementary to her to put her in the middle of her “motion”. :shrug: For what it’s worth.
Colour of the leaves is absolutely great!
Another step in the colouring process.
I’ve now found my rhythm, I think. I’ve sort of hooked on to the concept. I think it’s best I make clear, again, that this picture IS about a master and a servant, but it is not to be obvious who is who. I could easily turn Nature into only Master, or I could turn her into only Servant - but that’s not what I want to convey here. Nature both serves and rules, she is wounded and she retaliates… much like man.
I do not -want- Nature to be obviously a ruler over Man. The human girl wilts against the spirit but is she weaker? The grass under her feet will have turned brown, the peaches have rotted, scattered around her toes lie dead butterflies caught in mid-flight. I don’t want the picture to be a great big upset or a struggle - it’s much slower than that, man’s relationship against nature.
Anyway, I talk too much - I just wanted to make sure that everyone understands that I am not trying to turn the Nature character into more of a ‘boss’. I want her to be of a dual nature.
I’ve been diving into details, lately, but I’m still playing around with the colours, subtly. I think I’ll do a jump into the snakes in her hair and more detailing on butterflies and birds when I feel up to painting again.
I think it´s quite obvious who is who:) . I think this is great! I think this one is gonna be better than your appletree-pic, which´s my favourite. I think you should keep it up. Yeah, keep it up Linda that´s all I can say.
Oh yeah and thank you!
peace, pete
If I have permission, there are some aspects of the pose I’d like you to think. It’s abou Nature’s hands. I think that this pose is strange, because of her right hand, the one on the human’s shoulder, wich is not supporting any wheight. If this force is only being applied to the left hand, this one should be hooked below the shoulder or in the upper-back of the human. Keeping the left hand here it is, the other one should be in the back of her head, in order to support the falling body wich you have picked to be fainting to the back or right side.
Hope I’ve helped.
[*] luv.
The poses are looking much better now. This is progressing really well. I’ll be interested to see how the surroundings turn out. ATM there’s something not right about the background, seems flat, but I’m pretty sure that’s because it’s not defined yet. Wonderful concept too, nice job.
wow Linda! this is SO beautiful… I still remember the love sketch with the statues, it feels like that, really emotional.
ouwaw…
…i can say this is amazingly good…although i do not agree with this including of conventions in the context…
…i like the style
The last step is great, a very beautiful atmosphere.
The two characters seems as if they really live.
Great work!
Excellent artwork Enayla, I really like your idea and atmosphere. Very beautiful characters and color. One of the best works in the challenge.
No critics, I can’t wait to see your next image.
[color=orange]Master and Servant[/color] - Leo Calv
Beautiful work and update, Enayla
Can’t help but feel that the color palette ‘needs’ a little violet in it - possibly in the background to the left-hand side of the composition (between the servants and the mistress’ heads, perhaps). I see a strong secondary color -palette going on here ( a la 'Pre-Raphaelites), but feel theat a hint of violet would help complete the palette… :shrug:
all the best
Chris