A portrait painting of a girl (Updated 2/18)

Great work!!

Looks like her, you are getting closer.

Maybe the finished product will resemble her more.

Bravo!!

Are you 12 years old?

I've already said it before, the model was designed to look more like one of Bouguereau's model types.

It's not supposed to look like the Mona Lisa outside of the general composition and arrangement.

Last Edited by BFD on 02/03/2023 09:59 AM

Reading the comments now...It does look like you edited an image of Mona Lisa and digitally enhanced her facial features with slight variations of size. And traced it onto your 12*12 canvas. Looks more digital, a modern digital version of Mona.

Dude, they're your comments.

You keep proxy hopping.

Eude and unnecessary. I'm positive you couldn't do better. Well done, OP.

**Rude, sorry typo

Here's an update on the progress of the underpainting.

Now that it's all in, I'm going to do another pass or two of refinements before moving on to color.

https://imgur.com/a/tklppRb

Last Edited by BFD on 02/05/2023 06:07 PM

great job, you are truly gifted. amazing.

:corbinclappa:

link should be in your OP.
Thread: Painting update

Thank you, I'll add it.

Today's update:

https://imgur.com/a/LmvW4ae

Last Edited by BFD on 02/07/2023 02:53 PM

Is the nose any better?

(Before/After)

https://imgur.com/a/uzf8r77

Last Edited by BFD on 02/07/2023 08:44 PM

You paint just like a renaissance painter - by candlelight!

I understand people wanting her nose "fixed" but it really doesn't. It's beautiful and I like that it's not the normal "beauty".

I love and admire your work, BFD, but you’re ASKING, so here goes:

The eyes are way off. They don’t match.

Notice the way the right eye has an almond shape that comes to a point close to the nose. Whereas, the inside of the left eye is more rounded and doesn’t have the same almond shape as the right eye.

Also:

Look closely at the outer eyelid of the left eye. It clearly extends past the white of the eye. Whereas, the outer lid of the right eye ends sharply at the end of the white.

Just need to clean those up a little, and the eyes will match.

Nonetheless, outstanding work as always.

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To be fair, it was really big at the beginning...

It's difficult to keep the faith and keep plugging away in that awkward stage.

I could spend an entire day on every single pube

Cool... and thanks.

Which eye do you favor, if you had to pick one?

Or which one bothers you most?

Last Edited by BFD on 02/07/2023 08:54 PM

At least we are getting past the nose issue lol... I would be thrilled to move on to the eyes haha.

Hahahahaha, I think you all missed the point.

Stand in front of a mirror and place a stable piece of paper
to divide your face, tell me what you see. Are your eyes even, tilt your head back and look at your nose, are both holes even ? That's what makes people so interesting, no one is perfect and we all remember the little quirks that intrigue us about another individual. :)

I'm far from symmetrical... Not a mutant or anything but there are differences for sure.

I guess that's what makes me look like me.

This is how it works big baby. There is constructive criticism. Sometimes as an artist, you stare so long at a image, that your perception could be off. He needs advice.

Nose mimicked an MMA fighter that just lost a fight but more importantly her opponent a swollen nose.

That is what happened to Opies painting, but you know what, He FIXED IT.

GOOD job opie, now fix her crooked ass smile.

he is right about the eyes, but the eyes are the hardest to fix redo, but i am sure opie will do his best.

Nice. Why is her nose so large though

Haha, exactly.

You get it... and yeah, today I did some work on the mouth and realized that's going to take a whole day alone to sort out the drawing issues... but it will be worth it.

Thanks.

Last Edited by BFD on 02/07/2023 09:38 PM

The nice thing about eyes, though... is they are little forms that can be repainted in sections... unlike a big, continuous form like a cheek.

It's much less surface area with convenient start and stop points for repainting.

Last Edited by BFD on 02/07/2023 09:28 PM

It’s a portrait of Mrs. calabash. Good night!

At the risk of being thrown off the thread, I prefer the before.

ETA: Now that I look again, it's the before shading I prefer.

Last Edited by Avenger1 on 02/07/2023 09:43 PM