David's Sketchbook ;)

[Fedodika]

its a really nice environment; the figure seems like its almost working but I'm kinda unsure about it. Or more unsure as to why it's almost working. One thing is the hair style; im not sure what it's supposed to be and it looks like its reacting to the wind, but not in a way that complements the rest of the image. Another thing is the very color of the figure, it's dark and yellow hues dont really seperate it from the rest of the image that are around the same chroma and value, especially where shes places.

I got up and looked from the back of the room and she doesn't read at all; that's the issue. Look at some NC wyeth paintings and see how the figure always pops its silhouette from the background and reads. You could maybe try putting some clothes on her that gives her a different value, or some different skin tone that pops her from the dark values behind her

Nice stuff!