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Old 11-06-2002, 12:08 AM   #24
Lon Haverly Lon Haverly is offline
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Great job! I like it.

I do think you need to work on the leg on the right. It appears to be too short and undefined. Perhaps if you were to paint the whole knee, it would actually extend beyond the canvas border.

Also, consider lighter colors on the hand on our right, which is in the shadow. Since you have decreased the darker values in the rest of the image, this hand, too, might want to be a tiny bit lighter.

The face is great. I would not do anything more if I were you. You were able to work out the ochre out of the middle of the face, which probably showed up more on the computer than in life. It is a help to see your work on the computer, as the digital reproduction is very telling. It helps you to see errant color values that otherwise might go unnoticed.

I hope you are encouraged to paint more. I greatly respect all the people who have critiqued here. You cannot go wrong by heeding their advice.
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