08-12-2013, 11:37 AM
I like where you're headed with this piece. I think you need to adjust your values a bit, as well as define some of the forms a bit more. At present, it is overly airbrushed, so nothing really has definition. I have attempted to put together a bit of a paintover to illustrate.
![[Image: 20130811-gumby-paintover.jpg]](http://www2.whidbey.com/brianj/images/201308/20130811-gumby-paintover.jpg)
I darkened the top of the painting to further push the emphasis down to her face, but I really like the particle effects that you had up top, so I added a bit of that into the foreground in an attempt to add depth. You could probably get away with doing a bit more of it without distracting the viewer.
The paintover has lost a bit of that crazy-eyes that you have in your painting, which I should probably try to add back in, but my son is up from his nap and chompin' at the bit to play. Because of your lightsources, and such, the eyes are going to be a challenge to get right.
As I mentioned, I like where this is headed, and hope you continue working on this piece. Hope this helps.
I darkened the top of the painting to further push the emphasis down to her face, but I really like the particle effects that you had up top, so I added a bit of that into the foreground in an attempt to add depth. You could probably get away with doing a bit more of it without distracting the viewer.
The paintover has lost a bit of that crazy-eyes that you have in your painting, which I should probably try to add back in, but my son is up from his nap and chompin' at the bit to play. Because of your lightsources, and such, the eyes are going to be a challenge to get right.
As I mentioned, I like where this is headed, and hope you continue working on this piece. Hope this helps.