So here's my two portrait paintings. To be honest, I'm not very happy the way the first one/my original attempt came out - I read the assignment wrong and made two really funky pictures. Decided to redo the whole set really late in the process and only managed to remake the second one before I had to call it quits due to time restraints. Thus, my set doesn't really match too well. Oh well.
Really like Corel, though!
Okay, so both of these women were from a couple of random, scattered references across the internet, so they don't specifically have a lot of meaning....Or names, even.
I don't really have much to say about the first picture. The second/remade picture was made primarily with the chunky pastel tool. I started with the skin tones of the face first, then moved onto the hair and neck. Had some trouble with the eyes and lips, but I /think/ I found a good resolution. Afterwards I tightened it up a bit in Photoshop.
Here's a dumb GIF of me trying to save this monstrosity.
Spoiler: I didn't.
The initial sketch you had of the older lady is awesome. I think it was an interesting move to switch it from color to black and white, but I kind of wonder what it would have been like if you were to paint it in more natural colors from the start. The second piece is really nice, and your brushwork in the hair is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your brushwork and textures on the hair on both of these portraits, I also agree with Calvin the Initial sketch of the old lady is really amazing and it's nice to see the progression of you work as well as your process. Also the color palette of both of them is quite nice.
ReplyDeleteThe contrast in the first piece is really great, and those hints of brushstrokes in the background are beautiful! Your brushwork is always great to admire, though. I am in love with the woman's hair(it looks so soft!), and that texture from the brushes is absolutely gorgeous. Some of the colors conflict a little bit, the flat navy behind her might be a bit dark to compliment the rest of her, and her lips are a cooler light pink while her skin is warm, so the colors compete with each other just a little. I love to see how you used texture to your advantage so well in these.
ReplyDeleteThe first one is exciting to me. You're working with definition in a way I think is interesting with that halo kind of going around the head. Would love to see you keep playing with those big broad strokes of color.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I like your spoiler. What. I think that the light you are achieving on the hair in the blue one is really great. In fact, I think the way that you have those individual little strands shining near the front of her face look fantastic. I think that one also looks a bit more natural than the other - I'm know you're not 100% on these, but I think that one has something really nice and subtle about it. You have some great tones in the skin that are starting to come out. For the black and white one, I think that it was probably really hard to start with such bright colors - I think that you probably could have done something interesting with it in color if you were interested in using some color overlays to help bring the dark parts back into play. I think when it turned to black and white it kind of made everything a bit harder to read. Anyway - I think you have a lot of good things going with the softness of the media. I could see you trying something starting with local color and then moving on to shadows and lighting using layer functions/ options. The one other thing I think was a good choice is that it look like a bit of the background color is coming through under the skin of the blue girl -- which is really nice. it harmonizes the color in that piece - I think that's a technique that would definitely be great to use elsewhere if you keep using painter ( which you should! )
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