Thread: Nice couple
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Old 07-07-2005, 06:22 PM   #6
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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Janet,

This is a nicely posed painting of a lovely couple.

The problems as I see it are of values, squint your eves and you will see that her face recedes a bit as it is receiving less light. You have both faces the same value. You have also done that with the features, each one looks as though it was separately painted. You should do some mass studies first to strengthen your painting of form and not concentrate on the individual details of features. The highlights in the eyes are not necessary and make her eyes pop too much.

Do some some quick monochromatic studies of form to loosen up and get away from concentrating so quickly on details.

I prefer the turquoise to the olive green as well.
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