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 Post subject: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:46 am  (#1) 
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4:30 am. My first attempt at drawing a person. I guess it's not bad but I really enjoy drawing. Her mouth is a bit crooked but the photo was too, it was a mug shot and she wasn't happy. I do not like watercolors.


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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:57 am  (#2) 
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I think its very good for a first attempt, the proportions of the face look to be pretty good. The only thing I would suggest is it seems more like a lineart picture thats been coloured rather than a potrait, so I would try and make the features stand out more by using shadows and highlights.

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:07 am  (#3) 
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Very good. You've got the shapes and proportions right. I'm hopeless with watercolours - you need a totally different skill to more opaque paints.


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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:29 am  (#4) 
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I liked it, especially the hair, features and colors must have been laborious. I can see shadows and highlights on the skin, maybe you could use a little more shadows and highlights in green dress. The whites of his eyes could be less intense, but not using anything close # ffffff.
I also enjoyed the traces, and the final set was smooth for a first attempt.

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:22 pm  (#5) 
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he4rty wrote:
I think its very good for a first attempt, the proportions of the face look to be pretty good. The only thing I would suggest is it seems more like a lineart picture thats been coloured rather than a potrait, so I would try and make the features stand out more by using shadows and highlights.

It is a lineart drawing tinted with just enough to show the colors. I traced it and if I posted the original they would match exactly, I'm not to the point where I can just draw things without some reference.

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:28 pm  (#6) 
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Akros wrote:
I liked it, especially the hair, features and colors must have been laborious. I can see shadows and highlights on the skin, maybe you could use a little more shadows and highlights in green dress. The whites of his eyes could be less intense, but not using anything close # ffffff.
I also enjoyed the traces, and the final set was smooth for a first attempt.

Her dress was actually blue with little yellow strs or spots, I just made it green because I wasn't up to trying to draw all of that, I thought the green would go with her hair. I used a mug shot I saw online, which wasn't very good quality, I also didn't include her wrinkles and other things. I just drew her the way I wanted her to look and because I find I really enjoy it. I'll never be a talented artist, I just like drawing.

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:32 pm  (#7) 
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Since people are wanting precision, this is the original image, as can be seen I made changes.


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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:35 pm  (#8) 
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Akros wrote:
I liked it, especially the hair, features and colors must have been laborious. I can see shadows and highlights on the skin, maybe you could use a little more shadows and highlights in green dress. The whites of his eyes could be less intense, but not using anything close # ffffff.
I also enjoyed the traces, and the final set was smooth for a first attempt.

After I posted it it occurred to me that I should have used a very light grey.

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:15 pm  (#9) 
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you definitely captured the less than happy expression!


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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:19 am  (#10) 
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here's one using iccii's Water-Color

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:21 am  (#11) 
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gms9810: good work, brother! watercolours can drive you nuts sometimes, you didn't exactly pick the easiest way to start :).

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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:11 am  (#12) 
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I think you captured her expression well. She doesn't look happy at all in the original photo..


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 Post subject: Re: Woman in green
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:01 am  (#13) 
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I don't know hat she was arrested for but she does look like she's had better days. I drew her because I thought she could be a nice looking woman under better circumstances.

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