Beautiful Dutch girl, no earring

Brenda Ellis · 08-27-2005, 03:06 PM

Hi Janet,

I've been nit-picking and I'm posting what I see.
For me, it is so hard to see these tiny things in my own work the first or second time through. It always helps to have more sets of eyes!

Brenda Ellis · 08-27-2005, 03:12 PM

I guess I would use the reference of the pupil to pupil line, as it looks like you've got it pretty much right on.
In your painting it seems the right upper eye lid looks a bit thick. And the line of the lower lid on that eye is a bit different than the photo. The nose may not be slanted enough. The break in the line of the lips is more exaggerated. Her left eye is a bit rounder than the photo.

Ok, I'll put my microscope away now.

Janet Kimantas · 08-27-2005, 03:37 PM

Brenda,

I'm sure that you are a very busy lady and the time you have taken to nitpick is greatly appreciated. Don't put that microscope anywhere that you can't retrieve it easily. Maybe you could let me know how to take these pics off the posting and onto my hard drive so that I can really see what you have done. It's a little small for my failing eyes.

Thanks much, Janet

Brenda Ellis · 08-27-2005, 03:53 PM

Janet,
If you have a PC, just right click on the image and "save picture as" and then name it and save it to your desktop. These are small images, so they may get pixelly if you blow them up. Hopefully you have Photoshop or Photoshop elements.
I don't know much about Macs.

-Brenda

Janet Kimantas · 08-27-2005, 04:00 PM

Hi Brenda,

Sorry, Mac all the way. I'll try poking around with it and see what I can do.

Janet

Allan Rahbek · 08-27-2005, 05:41 PM

Brenda,
I wonder if it would not be easier to see the differences if you use the same drawing in blue on both the ref. and the painting. Superimpose the blue lines from the ref. upon the painting to illustrate the differences.

Janet,
It also works to open another page with the forum and make both pages small and place them side by side. Then you look forth and back between the ref. and painting.

Allan

Brenda Ellis · 08-27-2005, 07:20 PM

Allan,
Yes it would be easier! Sometimes my brain does not engage. Janet if you havePhotoshop this is something you could do on your computer too. Use the line tool to line out certain problem features in the photograph and then group the layers of lines together without the photograph and move the group of lines over to your painting. This will show you discrepancies. the line tool is good because it makes straight lines.