Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Julie Boyles
Is my edge handling incorrect for this study?
Julie
|
Hi Julie--
What strikes me first when I look at this painting is how sterile it looks... The edges of the features (eyes, mouth...) are all very hard... Take a good look at how the lash line meet the skin in your reference, or the lip line, or the hair line. These transitions need to be softer. I think you've done a nice job with what you've got so far, but it reads as very simplified and the areas of different color read as distinct from each other rather than part of an integrated whole. (They seem to be different than the color in your reference?) You've given him a different hairstyle (longer and straighter?) than what's shown in the reference... so you're left needing to invent what that looks like --not an easy thing to do (unless he's running around live with longer hair and you can get him to sit for you)
On the drawing side, his mouth is turned up at the corner in the painting where it is not in the photo. And the top of his ear may be a little high making his ear seem larger than it is... but that's just eyeballing it, I haven't measured. It appeared in another thread (living room studio) that your working larger than life on this? There's a lot of discussion about sizing on the forum (generally not recommended to go larger than life)... you might do a search on sizing to get a sense of these considerations.
Good for you for posting and putting your work up here. It's a great way to learn!