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eyecandy
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| 08/23/2007 10:33 AM |
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I've been trying to develope my portrait skills. I find this the most challenging of all forms of painting since it requires such exactness of the placement of the features and proportions. And, women are the most difficult because the skin tone become so more critical. Tell me what you think. Oil on Canvas 16 x 20
eyecandy
See my other paintings at:
http://paintingsofphilsydell.spaces.live.com/
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Phil Sydell
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Snowartist
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| 08/23/2007 2:33 PM |
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| Looks very nice! You might want to check the perspective on the window to the right, behind the girl. I might be wrong. It looks like it goes off at a angle. Hair is fantastic. |
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Tonya
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| 08/23/2007 5:19 PM |
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| Very good!Colors & Shadow are great. I do agree about the window. |
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scochran
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| 08/23/2007 7:24 PM |
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| I think it is very good piece, interesting poise, and position of the body. I know the hands and arms are difficult, but you handle them well. I am sure you granddaughter was happy with her portrait. scochran |
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NaomiBlvs
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| 08/24/2007 1:11 PM |
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I really like this work. I like the directness of it. The only thing that bothers me is the Keylight (is that what you call it?) looks off in her pupils, so her eyes look a little like they are functioning separate from each other. One eye (left) looks like it is looking up, and the other (right) looks like it is looking down, in relation to each other.
See how you have the keylight (I sure hope I am calling that by the right name, to lazy to look up the term) in the left eye, it is in the upper right hand corner of the pupil. The right eye, is in the lower left corner.
I actually think if those were corrected, the windows in the back would not look as much out of perspective.
Man, I wish I could paint hair as well as you have in this painting. I also like your choice of colors. |
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Wishing you peace and prosperity,
Naomi
www.naomisstudio.com |
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eyecandy
Posts:179
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| 08/24/2007 2:57 PM |
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| Naomi, you are right. I just went to look at the painting and It will take two dabs of paint to make the correction. As for the prospective of the windows in the back; those two windows were not on the same plane. They were curved so that the the window on the right side of the painting faced in a different direction. Maybe, I should have taken artistic license and put them on the same plane and avoided the eye confusion. And thank you for you very good critique. |
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Phil Sydell
Boynton Beach, Fl
phil-4a@comcast.net or phil4a@msn.com |
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jbmerrill
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| 08/25/2007 10:03 AM |
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Phil,
I really like directness too as Naomi put it. Great light and perspective. I cold never do portrait work and am just puzzled and intrigued by it. The background seems busy to me though. |
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Jim Merrill
www.workingcanvas.com
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -van Gogh
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gene
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| 08/25/2007 12:23 PM |
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I agree with most of the above comments. Naomi hit it just right on her comment about the eyes. Those eyes are such difficult things to get right! And they really make the person, don't they? And I agree with Jim about the background. If I were you, I would eliminate all of that "stuff" (silver tea set?) on the right side of the girl. I think I would even paint out the windows. How about a plain background with just tones her skin dabbled through, very inconspicuously throughout. Also, look at the little finger on her right hand. Doesn't it look much, much shorter than her little finger on her left hand? Imagine placing her hands together in a praying position. Wouldn't they be terribly mis-matched in size? Or maybe you have painted the left hand little finger a bit too long? Or am I seeing this all wrong?
I'm also looking closely at the shadow on her right breast. Too me, it is too far over to the left, at least as far as the cut of her dress is concerned. Again, maybe I'm wrong........Just some things that caught my eye right off..........I do love the way you handled the light across her face...............Thanks for posting. Gene |
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Jim
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| 08/25/2007 11:32 PM |
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Hi Phil,
This is very nice work. You have recieved a lot of great advice here.
No matter what you do, I think your grandaughter is going to see the
love you put into this work.
Jim
www.paintingsbyjim.com
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All the best,
Jim
www.paintingsbyjim.com |
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jbmerrill
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| 08/30/2007 7:25 PM |
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Hear, Hear! Jim to the truth (not me, the more talented Jim). You have cut through the technical look and hit the true meaning of art. It's for and by the heart.
BTW Phil, your granddaughter is beautiful young lady and something like this will be cherished forever. My grandmother painted me as a very young boy and it hangs in my living-room today, God rest her soul... I laugh to myself because she said she never liked the Impressionist but I see so much of their influence in her paintings. |
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Jim Merrill
www.workingcanvas.com
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -van Gogh
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eyecandy
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| 09/04/2007 12:26 PM |
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Jim,
Your grandmother was very talented. It's a wonderful paintig and I sure you will always treasure it.
I've received comments about the background in the painting and that it was too busy, but that background is part of Katie. It was her home where she no longer lives but treasures the memories of it. I think that a portrait has to show a little more than a likeness of the face. The setting or place of the portrait is also very important. But, of course, each to their own concepts. |
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Phil Sydell
Boynton Beach, Fl
phil-4a@comcast.net or phil4a@msn.com |
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jbmerrill
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| 09/04/2007 3:28 PM |
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I've changed my mind with what you've said. If the background is meaningful to the spirit of the painting, then by all means they should be represented.
BTW, my wife (who seems to have an uncanny way of being right just about all the time) said "maybe it's all the stuff that means something to her" while we were looking at this painting last week.
Regardless Phil, it's a beautiful painting that I'm sure will warm your granddaughter's heart. |
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Jim Merrill
www.workingcanvas.com
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -van Gogh
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Snowartist
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| 09/04/2007 7:40 PM |
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| You are so right! Don't change your background, ... I was wondering who was going to get the painting? I think your granddaughter will love it, also! |
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eyecandy
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| 09/07/2007 10:13 AM |
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Right now, her mother, my daughter is going to keep the painting since my grand daughter's living conditions are a little unstable. When she settles down at some future time, she'll get the painting. |
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Phil Sydell
Boynton Beach, Fl
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