I love the blues and purples in this piece and how the red around the eye stands out. I also really like the tints of gold in the background, it's a very beautiful background and looks almost otherworldly. I do think thought that the gold sort of splashes onto the top goose, which takes away from the darkness of it's beak and head. I think you did a really good job using the reference photograph to create a very realistic portrait. The only differences I saw was that the reference's nose had a deeper bridge and under the lip the chin dipped further back. I think one thing you could have pushed here was the shading of the skin. I like that you've combined the reds, purples, and blues into the color of the skin, but it just seemed way too pale. I think the shading in the neck region was good, but I think even that could have been darker. I think the cheek could definitely be shaded more. I don't know if the choice to elongate the neck was stylistic or to match the bird's, but it did look a little strange to me. Beyond being abnormally long, it's also very very skinny. I would picture at that length that you could catch a glimpse of it on the other side of the bottom bird's neck, but you don't. Overall though, I think that this is a very original, beautiful piece and love the coloring.
Sweet! Looking forward to it! I'll try to have it done as soon as I can. I have to leave work in about a half hour, and I wont' be near a computer until about 10 tonight, so it may be tomorrow before you get anything.
Oh that is fine!! The reason I'm late is because I still have fuckin fever of 102.8 right now But I'm almost done and as soon as you send me the responses, I'll be posting it
Remarkable work. I really like the use of the watercolor and acrylic and the colors in general. Very nice how all the eyes are red around. It helps connect the subjects and creates a nice color contrast with the background. The only point of criticism I have goes to the composition; I feel like the bottom if a bit too empty and the top perhaps a bit cluttered.
I do think thought that the gold sort of splashes onto the top goose, which takes away from the darkness of it's beak and head.
I think you did a really good job using the reference photograph to create a very realistic portrait. The only differences I saw was that the reference's nose had a deeper bridge and under the lip the chin dipped further back.
I think one thing you could have pushed here was the shading of the skin. I like that you've combined the reds, purples, and blues into the color of the skin, but it just seemed way too pale. I think the shading in the neck region was good, but I think even that could have been darker. I think the cheek could definitely be shaded more.
I don't know if the choice to elongate the neck was stylistic or to match the bird's, but it did look a little strange to me. Beyond being abnormally long, it's also very very skinny. I would picture at that length that you could catch a glimpse of it on the other side of the bottom bird's neck, but you don't.
Overall though, I think that this is a very original, beautiful piece and love the coloring.
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