very nice areas in your picture and good concept but the eyes and nose jar a little the mouth is good and the shadow shapes in the jacket and scarf are good too - figure drawing isn't taught hardly at all anywhere in the USA unless you find a group and hire models and it's a shame because it doesn't take long to get a good grasp on body parts
Some very beatuiful parts to this piece. Jacket and scarf are fantastic in the strongest sense of the word. Stick & engraved words are too. Great hat, great mouth. Nose is pretty good too. I think you need more definition in the ears. Should they be pointed and elf like. and his eyes look too flat. More shading needed arounf the eyes & upper cheeks.
Just my humble opinion.
Artist Reply: Thank you joel, for such an indepth review of my painting. I am new to AW and appreciate the time you took to look at and comment on my work. You are right about the ears and I work on them some more because my intention was not elflike.
I just looked at your portfolio and was very impressed with all of your work.
21 Comments
Laura Smith 09 Jul 2007
Great painting... this reminds me of the child from A Christmas Carol... excellent.Emily Reed 09 Sep 2006
What a fine painting!!!Gerald Dextraze 19 Jun 2006
I love this paintingrb chakravartty 28 Mar 2006
Excellent work!marie calow 09 Mar 2006
this is lovely and powerful. way to go! Love the backgound rendering.heliopo Heliopo 01 Nov 2005
Your 'Boy with the red scarf' is very well done ! good idea with these letter/message on the wall ! :o)Barbara Beck-Azar 16 Sep 2005
awesome oil painting. these are the images that should be in a world gallery for the world to see!Tatiana Malinko 13 Sep 2005
This work has a lot of emotion, love those eyesStevan Lund 30 Aug 2005
Excellent. Very talented work indeed.Stanley Matlack 27 Aug 2005
This is with out a doubt so well done and with a message, Great Job, Love It.......Tomohiro Mae 25 Aug 2005
Very wonderful work.It was pleased.Christine brand 22 Aug 2005
Such a great image!!! Impressive in many ways!! I admire Your spirit n thoughts!!!Greg Vilton 22 Aug 2005
A beautiful painting that conveys a very powerful message! Love the combination of colours and the work on textures. Very well done!Peter Leahy 21 Aug 2005
beautiful work with an important message, well doneMartha Yokawonis 20 Aug 2005
very nice areas in your picture and good concept but the eyes and nose jar a little the mouth is good and the shadow shapes in the jacket and scarf are good too - figure drawing isn't taught hardly at all anywhere in the USA unless you find a group and hire models and it's a shame because it doesn't take long to get a good grasp on body partsMarlem Diaz 19 Aug 2005
Great piece!Charlotte Ottilo 19 Aug 2005
What more can i add..joel said it all...Great piece of art EllenBen Reichling 19 Aug 2005
I think you are makeing a good pointjoel zelikovitz 18 Aug 2005
Some very beatuiful parts to this piece. Jacket and scarf are fantastic in the strongest sense of the word. Stick & engraved words are too. Great hat, great mouth. Nose is pretty good too. I think you need more definition in the ears. Should they be pointed and elf like. and his eyes look too flat. More shading needed arounf the eyes & upper cheeks. Just my humble opinion.Anonymous Guest 17 Aug 2005
All I can say is, "Wow!"Femi Johnson 17 Aug 2005
Excellent!!! Ellen