I realllllly struggled with this painting. Since my last painting was so similar, I think I was stuck in a mindset where I wanted to replicate the brushstroke and shades which I had used when painting Ria. That's why I decided that I could use this critique more as a process critique rather than a final because after working on this piece for two days straight, I am still stuck on what to do. Also, oil paint dries much quicker on wood, and therefore I want to work on it tomorrow and Friday in order to complete the painting. I think that the features that proved to be most difficult for me this time was the eyes because Kyra's eyes were open compared to Ria's and thee contour of her lips. Her nose is a bit crooked but I really don't know how to fix it which are the questions I am going to ask in this critique :).
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I FINALLY FINALIZED MY PHOTO!! As I had said in my last process post, I decided that it would be cool to take photos of family friends and my brother in order to get the fastest reference photo. But after taking a couple of dynamic shots using my iPhone at a gathering I was at, I just simply was not getting the "feeling/emotion" that I wanted to get from my painting. So I drove over to my friend Kyra's house and took a ridiculous amount of photos of her trying to figure out a pose. When I got home, I sketched it out on the wood, and I am ready to start the bruneille painting. I understand I am late, but I do want to complete my painting in two sittings close together, so I am ready and excited.
I feel bad, but I really have not made that great of progress on my project so far because of the snowstorm leaving me unable to take the shot that I want for my project. I think that I may just end up using my brother, but I was really set on taking a photo with my friend Bella Grace on a sunny day and using her hand to cover her face and cause some sort of an interesting shadow effect that I could work with. Since I need to work on composition, I was thinking that I may do something with the arms outstretched on either side or even try a dynamic pose where the person is moving their arm above their hands. I have completely prepped my wood and shaved off all the rough edges, so this week will probably be just started the base layer and painting!
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