First Post - 2 Portraits

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Cindy Procious

Garth, these are very good. I'm glad to see you're not wedded to using flash photography.

You've posted in the unveilings section, which is not for critiques, but since you asked...

Maria is a dynamic composition, and lovely use of color. Very nice.

Isaac is adorable. The one thing that stands out to me, however, is the edge treatment seems to be pretty much the same throughout the painting. You could improve this one by varying the edges more, and in particular, softening a lot of the hard edges.

I was going to critique as well, but then I noticed this was the no-critique unveilings section. I think Cindy's above assessment is good.

Garth (Herrick)

[Garth Parker]

Thank you both for your observations and comments. I noticed this was in the non-critique area after the post (rookie mistake). I

[Terri Ficenec]

Hi Garth-- Before you mentioned that the baby was lying on a bed I had the sense he was floating in air (interpreted the background as sky)... I think there's a movie(?) that starts with a baby being tossed into the air and caught again in slow motion, had that kind of a feel to it to me.

These are nicely done and unique. Welcome!

[Garth Parker]

Thanks for your comments and thanks for making me feel welcome.
After reading your replies, I guess I should post the digitals and expose my crooked eye.

Garth2
(Jerome)

[Garth Herrick]

Dear Garth,

These are stunning photos by the way! Not bad ones to work from, except the white-out on Maria's forehead. It's interesting to compare passages of foliage details, fabric patterns etc. as you have skillfully interpreted them. They actually aren't exactly lifted from the photos, like one might think, but are your artistic interpretation.

Thanks for sharing the original photos, ...a rare treat in unveilings. You are braver than the other Garth!

(the other) Garth