Faye again

[Garth Parker]

Faye is an 18x24 oil on canvas. I was advised to paint on a larger scale and with

[Kimberly Dow]

Garth, this is lovely. The link did not work for me for the first one. One thing that caught my eye and bothered me is her hand on our left looks too small.

[Richard Monro]

Garth,
I agree with Kim about the left hand. The rest of the painting is great. I love the perspective distortion. It raises all sorts of questions in the viewers mind. Did you consciously distort or was it part of a reference photo? Real life or was Salvadore Dali making an appearance or just playful fun?

[Chris Blight]

Garth, i also love this work, the perspective issue isn`t one really, as mentioned, it adds to the painting if anything. I particularly enjoyed the way you`ve painted the face and clothes. One thing though, i`m not sure about the trees in the background, they appear to be too much in focus for being that far away from the subject, and the colours are quite bright, slightly drawing the eye away.

Anyway, a slight issue of a really well painted work.

Chris.

[Michele Rushworth]

The perspective problems do bother me, actually. The bowing of the top edge of the windows and the small left hand are also problems of lens distortion and severe perspective, caused by taking the photo from too close in.

Otherwise I think this is your best work yet, Garth.

[Garth Parker]

Thanks for the critiques and complements.
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