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Published: 2018-03-21 12:14:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1055; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 0
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This piece is the first water colour portrait I've ever tried
I think it went pretty well, please tell me what you think
Meanwhile, please feel free!!
Take your time and check my other studies. I'll be so happy if you share your thoughts additionally! Cheers
>>watercolour - 240x320mm<<
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Comments: 15
I think the water-color has worked out very well for this, especially for the smokey atmosphere of the piece. From what I can gather, the dots exploding from his head are meant to be webs and connections he's making in his mind, the swirling colors are perhaps the various emotions combating within his head, and the image is overall foggy because this is all about him thinking inwards, so the rest of the world has fallen away. I really really like this visual approach to his mind-palace and to his internal conflicted nature.
I think the issues I have are with the execution of the picture because there seems to be an inconsistency with what was used where. I assume you began with all of the dots using technical pens or a small fine-point marker. I like the use of the dots around and coming out of his head, as well as their use on the collar and back of his coat, but using them as shading on his face feels odd. The hatching on his cheek is okay, but the dots around his forehead and neck seem out of place. My feeling is the image would look much better if there was a separation of mediums a bit more. Keep his face entirely in water-color and paint, with a strong white rim like along his nose as you have, and keep the dots only as an aspect of his mind and the incorporeal clouds that surround him. This will make the image have more contrast and allow his face to come further forward. As it is now, there's just a bit too much grit on his face.
It would also look interesting if you were to enhance the contrast and saturation of the image in post, so that the dark paints and the white paints pop out even more.
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wooaaww thank you so much for your critique, I am quite flattered
I think the way you described the piece is much more deeper than my original thoughts.. I'm really grateful for your kind words and your time.
I'm a total newbie in using watercolor as a medium
I can honestly say that I wasn't even sure what I was doing till the end That's why I find your comments very helpful, and I will keep in mind most of them.
By the way I was not intended to use the dots on the face but the strokes on the check were unintentional as well. Then in order to hide the strokes I decided to extend the dots on the face . And yet I have a stronger control with pencil compared to brush and final retouches for shading was even easier consequently.
As a professional, I am a landscape architect and I really like the combination of different mediums when drawing. Probably, I really get used to draw with mechanical pens and markers, so I am trying to challenge myself with different methods.
Well I hope with practice I would refine my technique and create many harmonious pieces.
Again many thanks.
Cheers!
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Мні подобається! Я думаю, що Ви намалювали великого мислителя. Його думки починають реалізовуватись в його уяві. Мозок настільки напружено працює, що нейрони виходять за межі голови і видимі для спостерігача. Вони аж світяться під напругою.
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Thanks a lot for the comment! I used google translate to understand it and I guess it worked eeh!
Anyways thanks for your time
let's try other way around!
"Велике спасибі за коментар! Я використав Google перекладач, щоб зрозуміти це, і я думаю, що він працював!
Завжди дякую за свій час: D"
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This is super cool! I like how the colors blend into each other in the background, and the stippling is really nice!
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I really like the concept, and the colours are pretty
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I think it looks awesome. The colours are brilliant and the style is very nice. I like it.
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