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  • April 17, 2020 at 9:29 am #475062
    GaryMGaryM
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    Hiya

    Here’s a piece I’ve almost completed after watching Steve Houstons painting lessons. I’ve experimented with a more ‘impressionistic’ way of painting than I normally do (I think!) and a very limited palette. Would love to know any views and critique/tips. It’s based on my one year old who is keeping us very busy during lockdown!

    thanks

    Gary

    April 17, 2020 at 9:36 am #475065
    Joshua JacoboJoshua Jacobo
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    Really nice work! The paint brushes are arranged very evenly. Try giving them more variety. Also the values in the face should be simplified. The contrasty strokes are overpowering the overall form. Try to get it back to a simpler egg-type of shape and subordinate the details more. Keep it up!

    April 17, 2020 at 12:05 pm #475368
    GaryMGaryM
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    Thanks Joshua…really helpful and spot on notes…aah I never even thought about the paintbrushes at the time. The head is my second version – I painted over the first as I got too caught up in the details and still managed to do it again a second time (although this is an improvement on the first!). One minute I had a large brush painting in the shadow shape and before I knew it – a tiny sable!

    Thanks again for your notes.

    Gary

    April 17, 2020 at 1:33 pm #475509
    Joshua JacoboJoshua Jacobo
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    You can literally paint the head as an egg type form and then paint the details over that.

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