WIP Damsel

[stefanhws]

Hi,

this is my first thread here in this forum. Maybe someone can give me some hints how to increase my painting. At the moment i feel that i do not make an progress, but i fell it could be better. Here are some pictures of my current project. :)

Comments are wellcome. What can i do better? What i did wrong? Thanks for any help.

Cheers Stefan

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[Fabian]

Jeez that is nice... such subtlety.. not sure hwo qualified I am to offer criticism!

[green stuff]

Over all, I think you're on to a good start. She's harder to paint than most people would think.

The face is what is the most convincing for me. I do think you could add a very thinned brown/red/blue wash around her eyes (depending if you want a natural/emotional/ethereal look) to make them come out more.

[gi6ers]

don't change a thing, beautiful tones, keep us posted. Personally I find it hard to comment on a WIP...

[Frustrated Father]

Welcome to Wyrd!

I like this one - particularly the hair and the eyes. I think you have a pretty subdued look going on and wouldn't mind seeing some other work of yours to compare it. As for giving any critique - likely not the best person for that as there are many others better qualified than I.

Oh, and like the fact that you gave her lips some color.

[Ritual]

I agree with the others in that this looks very good so far. It's difficult to give you the answers you're looking for as you seem to grasp most things quite well. There's no apparent technical advice to give, unless you specify something more concrete. I know it's frustrating when you seem to remain in the same spot (or even feel like you've lost something you had before), but the best advice of a general kind that I can give you is to keep at it and look for things that you want to try out. You won't go forward if you keep doing the same thing over and over. Find things you like and try them out. That's how I go forward with my painting. In the process you will also refine the techniques you allready use.

[orkydave]

beautiful stuff so far, the only critique I can offer is that the hai, flesh and dress are all very similar tones IMO, and I would not change a thing with the flesh and hair...

Hope this has been helpful, this is just my two pence worth, you have the start of a vert beautiful mini.

[Stupidcow]

It looks really good at this point. One problem I can see with the face is that she looks like she had a tan with big round goggles on. Some lining under the eyes followed by shading should help tone down that bright area.

[thewartoad]

Colors look real good...and with some highlighting...I think i would be there! Cheers!

[stefanhws]

Thanks for all your replys.
I'll try to do the eyes a bit better and do some more highlights. :)
Post the results asap.

What should be finished is the blue robe. (Maybe a some freehands)
As well the face and the sand yellow dress and the red Band. So maybe some comments on this? ;-)

Thanks & Cheers Stefan