This class involves learning the complexities of painting directly from life. Dual emphasis on exploration paint and surface, as well as the figure will be developed. This course will cover the history and appreciation of contemporary painting and will cover a wide range of painting techniques. Students will work up to developing their own personal style within the confines of academic figurative art.
You chose a nice palette and used those colors well. Overall, your painting looks good and has great texture. The figure has been painted well. The couch and pillow are also appealing, its obvious you took your time with those elements, whereas most of us didn't. There may be too many highlights in the hair- that was mentioned in class. The background seems empty to me but I am not sure what could be done to fill the space in effectivly.
I love this piece. The palate you used is beautiful, and so is the way you handle paint. I feel that you really took your time with every aspect of the frame, and I feel that you really love painting. I agree with Amanda that the hair has a few too many highlights. Otherwise this piece is great.
The highlights in the hair compliment the blue in the leg very well. you have a great way of being patient with your mark making. the only thing i find may help would be a different color of background but i also realize that you may have been trying to create a very real painting.
It's hard to critique this piece because I feel like you've got a lot of things working here, and I can't think of anything that's not working for this piece. Everything looks equally detailed (save for the bottom left corner of thin paint wash). You've got a really great composition going on; you can definitely feel a narrative about this figure, and the style of your brushstrokes is pleasing. Your colours are all working together from the vibrant oranges in his higlights to the dull purples in the shadows to create an overall well valued and safe colour mixing.
It was really fun and interesting seeing you work your way through this painting. I think you did a really good job of blocking in the colors of the skin and then blending them in. Creating a realistic skin tone and value ranges. I spots of blue across his body are really nice and create a cool shadow. You really fill the space and create an interesting image. I think it would be nice to see a different color for the background because it feels kind of empty even with the wash there.
Your work always blows me away. I really enjoyed watching your painting advance from the under painting to the final product. Your proportions and values are done well as your use of reds and blues are really mixing together well. My only suggestion is maybe experimenting with a different wash for the background other than the whitish blue color you used and see how that appears. Also, maybe tone down on the highlights in the hair as others have stated. Overall, I really love your piece, I’m quite jealous of your skill.
good stuff. nice use of extracted color in there proper placement. also very tough view point executed very well. the use of washes and ticker paint to create the furniture was awesome wish you would have used your keen eye to apply background and wall lit color. overall fantastically good piece as always
This piece begins to create narrative for me and I appreciate the strong diagonal composition. I also really like the spots of warm and cool colors on the left leg. It brings the piece alive and it makes me believe that he is an actual figure in space. The rendering of the flesh tones makes the piece for me.
Gorgeous painting! I love the details you put into the hands, knee and lower couch. I remember seeing this painting when you first started, and I would never have guessed that it was going to turn out this way. You really know how to handle your paints. I would consider changing the texture of the pillow or giving it more detail. Just to make it seem like a pillow and not a tree. But that's being picky! love this painting!
It was very interesting for me to work next to you, because i got to see a lot of the stages that this painting went through. From the strong, accurate underpainting, to the bright blues and bold paint strokes, to the external skin tones that left the perfect amount of color and texture, you did a fantastic job maintaining a vision and narrative through the stages of this painting. Working from a similar viewpoint, there were times that i didn't quite know how to handle something and I would step back and look at your painting to figure it out. During the in class critique, I remember that you were frustrated by the green pillow and how it flattens in the frame. I think this is mostly because it was just a weird pillow, not because you didn't handle it well. Adding more texture would possibly give the pillow more depth, but it might also distract the viewer from the figure.
It's great that you used a wide palette to achieve a powerful projection of a human figure. I really liked seeing your blocks of color come to life with the addition of more coats of paint. The pillow is a little flat, but the addition of more visceral texture would help that!
I did not get to see you work as much as other people did, but I am more than interested in your autistic process. Amazing work. I am drawn to the contrast of warm and cool colors, especially in the legs and arm. I assume a lot of underpainting and glazing is involved in your process. I can even see the color added into the white behind the couch, which adds SO much to the entire painting considering how it holds together.
You chose a nice palette and used those colors well. Overall, your painting looks good and has great texture. The figure has been painted well. The couch and pillow are also appealing, its obvious you took your time with those elements, whereas most of us didn't. There may be too many highlights in the hair- that was mentioned in class. The background seems empty to me but I am not sure what could be done to fill the space in effectivly.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece. The palate you used is beautiful, and so is the way you handle paint. I feel that you really took your time with every aspect of the frame, and I feel that you really love painting. I agree with Amanda that the hair has a few too many highlights. Otherwise this piece is great.
ReplyDeleteThe highlights in the hair compliment the blue in the leg very well. you have a great way of being patient with your mark making. the only thing i find may help would be a different color of background but i also realize that you may have been trying to create a very real painting.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to critique this piece because I feel like you've got a lot of things working here, and I can't think of anything that's not working for this piece. Everything looks equally detailed (save for the bottom left corner of thin paint wash). You've got a really great composition going on; you can definitely feel a narrative about this figure, and the style of your brushstrokes is pleasing. Your colours are all working together from the vibrant oranges in his higlights to the dull purples in the shadows to create an overall well valued and safe colour mixing.
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun and interesting seeing you work your way through this painting. I think you did a really good job of blocking in the colors of the skin and then blending them in. Creating a realistic skin tone and value ranges. I spots of blue across his body are really nice and create a cool shadow. You really fill the space and create an interesting image. I think it would be nice to see a different color for the background because it feels kind of empty even with the wash there.
ReplyDeleteYour work always blows me away. I really enjoyed watching your painting advance from the under painting to the final product. Your proportions and values are done well as your use of reds and blues are really mixing together well. My only suggestion is maybe experimenting with a different wash for the background other than the whitish blue color you used and see how that appears. Also, maybe tone down on the highlights in the hair as others have stated. Overall, I really love your piece, I’m quite jealous of your skill.
ReplyDeletegood stuff. nice use of extracted color in there proper placement. also very tough view point executed very well. the use of washes and ticker paint to create the furniture was awesome wish you would have used your keen eye to apply background and wall lit color. overall fantastically good piece as always
ReplyDeleteThis piece begins to create narrative for me and I appreciate the strong diagonal composition. I also really like the spots of warm and cool colors on the left leg. It brings the piece alive and it makes me believe that he is an actual figure in space. The rendering of the flesh tones makes the piece for me.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous painting! I love the details you put into the hands, knee and lower couch. I remember seeing this painting when you first started, and I would never have guessed that it was going to turn out this way. You really know how to handle your paints. I would consider changing the texture of the pillow or giving it more detail. Just to make it seem like a pillow and not a tree. But that's being picky! love this painting!
ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting for me to work next to you, because i got to see a lot of the stages that this painting went through. From the strong, accurate underpainting, to the bright blues and bold paint strokes, to the external skin tones that left the perfect amount of color and texture, you did a fantastic job maintaining a vision and narrative through the stages of this painting. Working from a similar viewpoint, there were times that i didn't quite know how to handle something and I would step back and look at your painting to figure it out. During the in class critique, I remember that you were frustrated by the green pillow and how it flattens in the frame. I think this is mostly because it was just a weird pillow, not because you didn't handle it well. Adding more texture would possibly give the pillow more depth, but it might also distract the viewer from the figure.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you used a wide palette to achieve a powerful projection of a human figure. I really liked seeing your blocks of color come to life with the addition of more coats of paint. The pillow is a little flat, but the addition of more visceral texture would help that!
ReplyDeleteI did not get to see you work as much as other people did, but I am more than interested in your autistic process. Amazing work. I am drawn to the contrast of warm and cool colors, especially in the legs and arm. I assume a lot of underpainting and glazing is involved in your process. I can even see the color added into the white behind the couch, which adds SO much to the entire painting considering how it holds together.
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