12-06-2023, 03:01 PM
The updated version looks good. I know you mentioned you wanted to move on from that piece, but I just wanted to quickly say that for future reference, in a scene like that, think of the glowing green staff as a secondary light source for the background, so any shadow areas from the first light source (ambient light coming from behind and above the figure), will only not be pitch black because of the green light, so it should be quite green in the background shadows within 10 feet of her.
The latest stone angel looks good. In that final phase, you'll need to really sell that stone surface to make it believable. Where the specular highlights hit will be a critical aspect that you need to nail to make it convincing.
Thank you for the kind words about my recent progress. I feel like I'm only about 60% of the way to my targeted sensibility. I need to force myself to loosen up the brushwork even more. It's a struggle when I grew up on Boris Vallejo and Bouguereau and other artists who rendered very tight, smooth, and detailed and spent all my formative years chasing after that sensibility. It wasn't until my late 20s that my taste changed and I started to lean more and more towards the expressive and painterly look pioneered by masters like Sargent and carried by recent masters like Richard Schmid.
The latest stone angel looks good. In that final phase, you'll need to really sell that stone surface to make it believable. Where the specular highlights hit will be a critical aspect that you need to nail to make it convincing.
Thank you for the kind words about my recent progress. I feel like I'm only about 60% of the way to my targeted sensibility. I need to force myself to loosen up the brushwork even more. It's a struggle when I grew up on Boris Vallejo and Bouguereau and other artists who rendered very tight, smooth, and detailed and spent all my formative years chasing after that sensibility. It wasn't until my late 20s that my taste changed and I started to lean more and more towards the expressive and painterly look pioneered by masters like Sargent and carried by recent masters like Richard Schmid.