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agnes-cecile — Grown Together
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Published: 2015-07-18 21:49:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 34393; Favourites: 1239; Downloads: 0
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watercolor, acrylic and pen on watercolor paper (300g)
60cm x 45cm
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Comments: 31
What a striking work, visually! To begin with, your composition is incredibly fresh and dynamic - the placement of the girl and bear, as well as the contrast between his dark textured fir and her pale sooth skin, creates a bold impact.
In particular, the girl's arms are anchored in an unusual manner with interesting diagonals.
I fear though that perhaps the upper arm rests too unnaturally form anatomical constraints, but is understandably at a lovely angle from a purely visual perspective.
I commend your use of a confrontational gaze on behalf of both the beast and the girl - the viewer's eyes dart, uncertain of whose faze to hold, and thus appreciate the full extent of both creatures' emotion.
Your technique has matured in a way that is wonderful to see - your forms have become crisp and clear, texture playing a larger role, and your colour palette more sophisticated, without excessive saturation or splatters. The way you have allowed the work to fade subtly into formless paint below the bear's face shows great control over the incompleteness that stands to highlight the meticulousness of other areas, rather than detract from them.
An area in which I feel the work suffers slightly is that of originality so far as concept is concerned. While this portrait seems emotionally charged and appears pretty, it seems that the viewer is left wanting for a clue as to the deeper significance of the work. Nevertheless, this work is a leap from the plain and pretty portraits that litter this site. I'd be interested in seeing your wonderful technique married with greater use of symbols & metaphors.
Overall, your art has come a far way to the creation of this work - subtler colours, fewer splatters and intense emotion as well as an element of symbolism show a new level of self-restraint and polish - without creating a clinical work or losing originality and distinctiveness.
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That is excellent. Her eyes are very very expressive. You have really hit something there!
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This is just spectacular. Definitely one of my top favourites of yours!
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Her eyes captured my imagination,.....outstanding artwork
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This is such a tender beauty... I love your art sooo much!! ♡
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beautiful bleed control. always love how you manage such a soft amazing finish with artistic rustic strokes
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This piece is wonderful! I've never seen anything like it! I think the face and the hands look perfect (and I mean PERFECT.) And the hair is phenomenal! You did a great job showing the tones and textures of both of them.
But I feel that the stomach can use a bit more toning just to make it more obvious that it's a stomach (unless you did that on purpose.) I'm saying this because when I first saw the art, I thought "Is that a cloth underneath her arm or her stomach?" The outline of the stomach looks great though.
One other thing: I'm not a "highlight expert" so correct me if I am wrong. I feel that the bear could use more highlights in its fur. I think that it will make the bear a little bit more realistic. But again, I may be wrong. The face itself-- it looks amazing!
But overall, THIS IS AWESOME! <3
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I admire your skills, they are amazing. Beautiful work.
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The coloring is beautiful, and I love the figures! I feel like the girl's face (mainly the eye placement) is a bit off, however. It looks a bit awkward, and I think it's the eye behind the nose's angle and size. Aside from that, this is a really nice piece! Keep up the beautiful work!
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Yup, couldn't have said it better myself.
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I don't think I've seen a bear painted this well before. I love the expression on both the subjects' faces, plus the overall expression you conveyed through the painting as a whole. Beautiful!
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I love the expression on the bear's face. I've seen too many drawings of animals where their eyes don't carry much emotion, but this is different. Love your work!
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