first painting of the year

[goutwort]

Comments

[thistlelurid]

mister timmmmmins.......what you may see as flaws...are the intricacies that make this beautiful!

seriously. one cant go wrong with freckles.

[goutwort]

Thank you. I do like the freckles. I think I need to forget what proportions I intended before I am able to really like the painting. Things drifted a bit, and working this way you really only have one or two chances to get it right.

[shuraiya]

I really like it. The colors are really nice. :d

I ought to learn watercolors.

[goutwort]

You really ought to. It is a wonderful, hateful medium.

[edaja]

The eyes! It's the Eyes! Why is she not happy?

Love the colours.

[goutwort]

Essentially she is not happy because I screwed up. Getting expression in the eyes right is a delicate matter that usually takes a bit of precision. That's one of the things I will have to learn to like.

[chronographia]

I despair of ever having that much control over my paints. But I know what you mean - you and you alone know the image you wanted in the first place, and can see how this isn't what you intended. Frustrating. That still doesn't keep this from being good.

[goutwort]

I guess usually I like to let the drawing be what it will be. I am comfortable enough in my style that I usually like what happens. The past couple of weeks I have been trying to work with more realistic proportions. I guess I got annoyed because the challenge of the painting forced me to fall back on the goofiness I usually use as a style/crutch.

[portofcall]

Flaws? I think not. I think she has amazing hair -- it's kind of like the mop-fro of frizzy curls that I awake to every morning. I am also a sucker for sadness ... or is that boredom in her expression? Perhaps, a bit of both ...

[goutwort]

I think she's vexed.