EASEL OF Daneen Wilkerson
I am open to critique
I WOULD LIKE HELP WITH
Ugggggh, poorly taken photo- such grainy.
Ugggggh, poorly taken photo- such grainy.
This is looking really solid, Daneen! Your values and saturation levels look good! I think the thing that would really help push this even further would be to soften up some of those hard edges you’ve god in the background and foreground, so the girl and the stag become your focus. I’ve highlighted the edges that I think need a but of fuzzing-out. 🙂
I like the poses and the composition.
The color palette and lighting doesn’t feel particularly “wrathful” They Make it feel like a fun summer picnic day with best friend the deer spirit.
1. The way the shadows line up makes it look like the deer has a big ol’ rockfoot. I suggest losing the rock and just painting the hoof
2. the colors here cause the boots to blend in with the background.
3. I can’t easily tell what these rocks are doing. Maybe a brighter reflected light would help?
Hi, Daneen! I think the comments L. Look presented regarding edges were good–I’m learning how to paint right now, so “edge control” is on my mind. It may be that crisper edges are a stylistic choice, in which case it should maybe be consistent, as appropriate–or are only the focal points sharper, with other sections softer-edged and less intense with regard to color saturation/contrast? One thought I had, regarding color/tone–in one of the other critiques it was suggested that the tone doesn’t feel menacing or turbulent enough, or something…but in my estimation it could be very close: perhaps a color shift around the stag–some reds/blacks, to contrast the rest of the comparatively green/lush/sun-dappled landscape–could work? I like very much what you’ve done here; I like the shapes, and the feeling of foreground-to-background, and the concept is interesting.
PS The magical being, the lady, the Fae, whoever she is…she’s levitating those rocks, right? Cool! Maybe the confusion another critiquer had regarding what was happening with the rocks is that the larger one comes off the top right corner, and conceivably could be part of a larger formation, so it wasn’t clear that it was floating, and not connected out of the frame, somehow? Really neat concept, I like this one a lot.