From the Artist: My painting is a portrait of a little Irish girl, and I think that, thanks to all my studies of the great Charles Reid, I've managed to capture a bit of the "large brush" sensation, even with a medium sized one! The dimensions are smaller than I usually work with, about 8" by 10", the medium is wonderful watercolor. It's the only means I use - my philosophy is to do one thing and to do it well, and that one thing I want to do well is watercolor!
From the Painting Guide: The looseness of the hair is very characteristic of the effect you get using a big brush, but for me there is too much of a contrast between this and the controlled detail of the face and neck. They don't sit together comfortably. I'd love to see two new versions of this painting, one with more detailed hair to match these features and one with less detailed features to go with this hair.
Things to consider:
(Take a look at the reworked version of this painting.)
From the Painting Guide: The looseness of the hair is very characteristic of the effect you get using a big brush, but for me there is too much of a contrast between this and the controlled detail of the face and neck. They don't sit together comfortably. I'd love to see two new versions of this painting, one with more detailed hair to match these features and one with less detailed features to go with this hair.
Things to consider:
- Color Usage: The skin tones are well portrayed but the use of blue in the hair is incongruous given the lack of such shadows on the face. However, this may be a stylistic decision.
- Features: On close inspection, the eyes don't quite fit together but are on different planes; they don't 'wrap' around the face together. They also seem a bit low down, below the middle of the face, making the forehead too big.
(Take a look at the reworked version of this painting.)