Self-Portrait

[Piety Choi]

Thank you all.
I also think that left shoulder looks too bright. Original shoulder is little darker than this photo, but I should better soften.
It's from photograph. I don't know how to paint myself with this pose.

And here's close-up.

Piety

[Kimber Scott]

Beautiful, Piety! I love the pose. Great job!

[Mischa Milosevic]

Piety, thank you for the better view. Your self portrait looks real good. I would not make any change here rather than frame it and hang it on the wall. This should be a study only and a good one. What I would suggest for you to work on next is a self portrait while looking in the mirror. Working from photos can teach some things but working from life is where you will learn much much more and enjoy every minute. Do 10 self portraits with different lighting is better than a hundred portraits from a photo. Why? Because working from life will teach you more than a thousand photos.

I wish you the best.
mischa

[Alexandra Tyng]

Wow Piety! This is so strong. I would leave it as it is.

I've met Piety and I can definitiely say it looks like her.

But this portrait goes beyond being a mere likeness. The whole thing has great balance--I love the way you have placed yourself in the composition. The color, edges, modeling, and level of detail all show so much mastery. Don't touch it! It's wonderful as it is.

[Terri Ficenec]

Piety -- I just loved how you've handled the skin! (agree that that shoulder is coming forward a bit though. . .) Beautiful work and composition!

[Piety Choi]

Thank you Kim, Mischa, Alex and Terri for your warm encouragements!

I know and agree with Mischa's mention about using a photo as a reference. There are many shortages to be painted from photos. But in many case, we need to use photos.

I liked this pose to be painted, but I couldn't do it from a mirror. I might need several mirrors to make the set to get the reflection of this pose.

Thank you very much for looking and your sincere comments!

Piety

[Pat Graham]

I love the colors in your portrait, Piety - sort of warm and moody - and the pose and composition are very pleasing. The only 2 things I would do are: 1.) half way down the shirt sleeve to the bottom of the canvas blur the edges together more and more as you go down so that the eye isn't drawn out the bottom of your painting. 2.) Place your signature on the bottom left to give the painting better balance. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing, it's lovely as it is.

Pat

[Piety Choi]

Hi, Pat! Thank you for your time and nice comments.

Piety