01-15-2015, 08:00 AM
that painting is looking awesome now! really good work with the bargue studies too, they help so much with drawing accuracy. Don't be afraid to take a lot of time with the more complicated plates.
I think the step before this most recent one of the painting was working a little bit better, the low contrast kept my eye at where the light hit the face which gave it a lot of emotion and drama. I think a good exercise while tightening up a painting is to see how you can improve it without bumping the overall light dark contrast. Instead play with where you add detail, make shapes/forms more accurate, move around/scale objects, etc
I think the step before this most recent one of the painting was working a little bit better, the low contrast kept my eye at where the light hit the face which gave it a lot of emotion and drama. I think a good exercise while tightening up a painting is to see how you can improve it without bumping the overall light dark contrast. Instead play with where you add detail, make shapes/forms more accurate, move around/scale objects, etc