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Please critique.
Hello everyone,
I recently signed up as a new member, but I've been reading the boards as a guest for about a year. As so many new members have already said, I think this forum is a wonderful resource. Thank you Cynthia for creating and maintaining it, thank you to members who raise/respond to questions that go to the heart of portrait painting, and finally thank you to the professionals who share their expertise with a generosity that inspires!
It's been quite an ordeal getting a photo of one of my portraits onto the computer. I borrowed a Sony digital camera DSC-S75, employed some dusty Corel Photo House software and climbed a very steep learning curve. I'm not thrilled with the results, but the pics actually came out much better than prior ones taken with a 35mm camera and professional slides I had made. Apparently watercolor flestones are not easy to photograph.
This is a w/c portrait of an 83 year old woman. I took the reference photos, but was strong-armed by the daughter into choosing a photo I didn't love. The subject has Parkinson's and couldn't sit straight, so her jacket and blouse are hanging in an odd way. Also the color under her right eye reads more red than in the actual painting. Please feel free to comment openly: I want to improve.
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