/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4327944
Wow!

You're improving so much. You are doing such a good job. You have so much work I bet you could probably attend a local art show and try selling your paintings. I'm pretty sure you could do that online, too, but I think it would be interesting if you tried.

Also, I think the only issue I am having is with the background, a bit. Look at what happened after I turned your image grayscale. the green and red are literally the same tone. That means that the read as the same thing. For all that you could have just made the background one single color and gotten the same effect. In fact I would argue the tones of the background match her skintone at times.

Playing with the tones, not just color, would give you way more depth into your paintings. This would create a visual hierarchy for your viewer which would help them enjoy your work even more and give them much more depth. Such as if you have a dark green try something lighter that would stand out from it.

One more issue is that big ball of light. While I do understand that you want that to be the sun as it's pouring light onto her, I find it to be kinda distracting. You need another area in the painting equally as bright to balance that out. Those could have been her highlights or even her outfit and/or jewelry.

I would recommend taking some of your favorite artists work and turn them grayscale to see how they play with tone. Hell, take your own works, turn them gray to see how you play with it. I would definitely recommend doing some black and white studies to help you learn more about how to tackle tones and values.