Digital Painting - "Smoke Entering the Room"
Bringing new life to an old piece!
We had a painting a week that was due and this Painting Studio class was not the only class I was required to create work for on a weekly basis. I managed to whip together what I would now consider a jumping off point and was able to complete the assignment in a day so I would have something to turn in.
I am really enjoying how she is coming along, I think I have achieved a better sense of volume in the face with better planar representation, the tilt of the head was improved and is looking more natural. I am seeing more things now every time I see it and it is starting to drive me crazy! I think I will go in and work on the eyes and eyebrows a bit more and I would like to add a few more details to the hat and dress. Let me know what you guys think and check back as I may post an update on my continued process with her.
I hope everyone is enjoying their last few hours of 2017 - we ring in the New Year here tonight and we are getting ready to join up with friends and celebrate the coming of a whole new 365 days! Please be safe out there and I hope you will have a blessed new year! As always, y'all, I appreciate your support and send much love and light to you all! Until next time... STEEM ON!
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Great painting! I really like your choice of colors to make up your palette. Really beautiful and I love it!
Oh man, I can relate so much to seeing a piece of art that I did a few years ago and seeing so many things I wish I had done better; on the bright side, I think it shows how far you have come since you did that particular piece. But, it is also why I hesitate to give my art to people, I feel like I will be embarrassed to see it a year from now lol
I think the change in the mouth is what stands out the most for me, seeing all the extra detail you added. I also like the overall color a little better in the updated piece. Maybe it isn't so much the "color" as the fact that the gradients in skin tone are much smoother from transition to transition. I'd say the extra work paid off you put into this one!
Thank you @artistchristian! You are so kind to let me know what you thought! I also understand what you mean about being embarrassed - lol - I honestly had to work up a bit of courage to share the old one, but I was really pleased with the evolvements and its really hard to appreciate where you're going if you don't know where you've been - so I said, the hell with it - I'm gonna post it! :D
Let me tell you, I worked on those lips A LOT trying to get them right, the angle and upward slant and the fact that I was working from a black and white source, made getting them right a bit of a challenge for me. I am still struggling with her hands too. While I feel they are better than the original, I still want to try and continue to work on getting them looking a bit more volumetric - hands are so hard! I think my favorite part is the hair - I usually struggle with hair, but I have been watching a lot of artists share their process on hair and I feel like I was able to put what I have learned into practice and it came out how I wanted!
Again, thank you so much for stopping by and following what I'm doing! Going to check out what you have been up to!
you know I didn't even notice the big difference in hands the first time but now that you mention it, it is night and day! Wow, huge difference and having them much more defined looks better for sure.
I use to hate hair and struggle with it so much, but I think I'm finally to the point where I have it mostly "figured out" and actually enjoy it.
The good thing about our embarrassment of previous artwork is that it is really only in our own mind since we see more mistakes than anyone else lol