Another good portrait from you jc001 and not a red head this time I see!
She has a very textural, almost sculpted feel to her, heightened by keeping her surroundings smooth and texture free. Quite striking
But what has just caught her attention…?
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I'm not a trained artist but I like the way you have used colour and marks to make these great portraits.
June.
Oh God of homeless things, look down
And try to ease the way
Of all the little weary paws
That walk the world
today. - Unknown.
http://enug66.deviantart.com/gallery/
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BTW Enug the personalities you capture in your beautiful animal portraits is amazing. I feel like I know them.
Thank you - that's so nice of you.
June.
Oh God of homeless things, look down
And try to ease the way
Of all the little weary paws
That walk the world
today. - Unknown.
http://enug66.deviantart.com/gallery/
[My setup: hp 15in laptop,11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz 2.70 GHz, 8.00 GB RAM, 24in Acer 2nd monitor, Huion Kamvas 20 Pro display tablet, Windows 11, ArtRage Vitae.
My painting real-estate is extended across three monitors.]
I like the painting, there is a feeling of her vulnerability and loneliness that works well for me anyway.
I think the object just to the left of the wine glass is a bit of a distraction. It is lighter and pulls my eye to it and I can’t decipher what it is so it holds my attention.
Lovely moody painting!
Thanks. The bit I'm most proud of is the mood I captured, and also the fact that she feels rather solid and weighty.
The object on the side is... stainless steel jugs. I wondered if they were perhaps a little too light and eye-catching but they were the last thing I included (also in the reference) and it just felt too empty without anything over there; making the image perhaps a little too obvious for my taste. I appreciate the observation. Out of curiosity I may look at what it looks like with them a little darker.
Your technique makes me believe you have some experience working with natural media such as oil paints or acrylics. The close up of the lady you presented shows strokes of paint outside the part of the color wheel that your object is centered around. The strokes of paint such as blue on the face look good for highlighting reflective light. You have used this technique throughout the painting with very good results. I think of natural media oil painting looking at the technique used in this image.
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