The Velvet Revolvers

[Eyliana]

Hey Bot, I really like the face. But I have the feeling that something is off, her head feels a bit big, but I can't really figure out what needs to be different. So maybe that's just me. And at the first glance it looks like the bow is going between her breast, because the bow has the same value as the straps.


Personal art review;

For starters I made huge proress to where I was when I started last september/october to where I am now. The portraits are better, have more depth and I have an understanding on how to construct a portrait. Putting that into practice seems to be more difficult though and I know that takes time and practice. But I also have the feeling I'm lacking some fundamentals that limit myself to get futher. So I think it is time to take a step back and focus on that.

Those basic things include:
Perspective; I have a basic understanding from my prodcut design background, but I aws never good at that either so I'll need to fix.
Linework; I have ben trying to work on this the last weeks as warming up exercises.
Observation & Accuracy; Being able to observe better what's going on in a picture and being able to copy this.
Watercolour studies: I really enjoy painting and it is getting better. But the paintings I make are too stroky, and well sometimes just not the thing I want. I'll try to do some studies from life but also other subjects like landscapes so I get a better understanding of how the paint works.

More postive; I subscribed to a drawing and painting course at the university which will start upcoming monday. Quite exited for that!
And I'll keep trying the portraits, as I do need to see if the new method is working ;).