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Published: 2012-07-01 18:03:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 3709; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 256
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that's my favourite desperate housewive, Breehope you'll like it)
btw, please don't be strict when you judge or comment it cause it's one of my first works with color )))
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Bree is an amazing character! 
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I loved that show, and I think you portrayed her very well. The apple is stunning, very eye-catching. The expression is fine as well. I like the way you did the shadow softly, it fits better with the red apple than a dark one.
I think you should drew part of her shoulders in order to not give the impression that's a floating head. But it's not big deal, nice work!
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very well done. loving that apple is the only colored thing. The only thing I don`t like is that her fingers look a bit flat? Maybe a bit more shadows? But all in all it`s a great work of art. congrats
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thanks)
i agree - the hands here are odd(
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Face similarity is well-done and I love the hand on the apple, quite poetic pose. Again the eyes are mastered beautifully, the only thing I miss is the background, the image looks partially empty.
Great job, overall (:
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Not to metion Desperate Housewives is my FAVORITE TV SHOW OF ALL TIME lol <3
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This is AMAZING. I am very much into art. I love critiquing! This looks so realistic..JUST like the acual picture. And I just LOVE how you made the apple the only image in color It really pops out.
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Okay let me first say that I really cant stand Desperate housewives. But I do like this picture, it has an eye catching appeal and it is very recognizable, even as a thumbnail. Her eyes to me look a bit wonky, they just seem like they are going in different directions, but they are still looking at the veiwer. The apple could probably be a bit more vibrant. When I use colored pencil, I don't shade with regular pencil or charcoal, I just ease the color in light and work towards dark, another tip is to use another color, like a green or a purple to shade a bit darker. Maybe putting some strong red of her lips as well could bring the piece together more, and perhaps into her earings or even her nails. Just some things to think about perhaps on a future peice.
Also is looks as though she has color in her hair, that could just be the scanner, if it is in there, I would make it more noticable towards the end of the hair.
Still great picture and keep up the awesome work
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thanks for sharing your opinion!
i like your idea about lips)
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Wow, Excellent work, I love the shading, all of the definition of the face is really evident in this piece, it doesn't look sketchy at all. The hair is also very meticulously drawn, you really replicated the wavy effect of a woman's hair very well.
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Hello!
I came across this in the :dev:GimmeFeedback: gallery.
You have done a fabulous job capturing Bree here! She definetly has the right expression on her face. She looks just like she stepped out the show.
Firstly, bravo for starting on color. Making that leap can be a difficult one. Shading with color brings in a lot of variables that are different than just pencil, but the principle is the same. I see here that you followed much of your fabulous shading skills with the apple but there are a few things to consider when working with color, and these are things I've been forcing myself to remember lately. One is that nothing is monochrome, or a flat color, and the other is to try and not put shadows in with black. You are on the right track here but something that could really make that apple pop is using a few other colors in with the red. Considering adding in yellows and pinks to bring out the highlights and lit parts, and putting in green to bring out the darker parts, just a tint, then work shadows with a purple or a blue shade to give them warmth and softness. Something you may want to try is literally just making a page of colored and shaded spheres, experiementing with how the colors interplay.
I do love that you chose to do just the apple in color. It adds a point of interest, but doesn't compete with Bree's eyes, it still comes in as a secondary focal point. You did a fantastic job with choosing which details to focus on and which ones to gloss over. Adding color can only, if it's possible, add even more WOW to your work.You remembered all of the Bree detail, from her earrings to her ever-present pearls.
Good luck with experiementing with color!! There are a lot of great tutorials out there, unfortunately I have a habit of looking at them, stashing in my mind what I want to know, and forgetting where I found it! Look at ones on color theory and for colored pencils as well, they're a differnet sort of critter than graphite. I've been working with my pencils a lot lately, not bravely drawing my own stuff as you are, but coloring others' lines, but if you have any questions, or if there's anything I can help with, let me know.
~ Elphie
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thanks, Elphie!
i just wanted to let you know that my shading here is so boring because i just can't collaborate with my color pencils
i got watercolor pencils and i donno why they refuse to mix and blend(((
i used blue, purple and red for shadows but it looked like scrapyard really(
i was so sad about it and i decided to save Bree with 8b ordinary pencil(( that's my sad story(
maybe you can tell me how to use watercolor pencils the right way?how to make 'em mix without dirt effect?
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Awww. 
I don't have too much experience with watercolor pencils, I use the plain, regular ones, which shade and mix much like regular pencils, with a colorless blender to smooth the colors out. From what I've heard about watercolor ones is that you need to use something wet for it to blend. One deviant I watch *DavidDeb uses them and blends them with markers. I wish I could offer more help on them but the only set I had was many moons ago (otherwise I would have pulled them out to see what I could get), but a quick Google search revealed a lot of YouTube tutorials. Best of luck!!
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It's a really beatufil portait! Her eyes are stunning. you could try working on the fingers too. Comparing to the face, they look flat, i see that you want to make the drawing sipler as you move lower but the fingers are in front of the apple and you have add the shadow in the inside of the palm. There is no reason for the fingers to be left out
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hands, fingers...these are things that never go well in my drawings))
thanks for your comment!
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I keep staring at that hair, I wish I knew how you make it look so real! Amazing detail there.
The red colour adds a great touch and makes the picture look more alive than graphite portraits usually do. The shading on the apple is well executed.
What I think you could improve is her nose, which could need better definition. The shading of the face is generally pretty light compared to the dark tones you used for the eyes. That way a lot of the expression is lost, because the gaze is drawn so much to the eyes that the shape of lips and cheekbones is only noticed on second glance. She also appears to have a bit of a leer, however I have no idea if the model does.
Her eyes look very alive and beautiful. I also keep noticing the earrings, they just look so shiny! You are very skilled with a pencil.
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thanks for your feedback!
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It's a great piece of art
It's a simple concept, but it still applies pretty nicely to this piece of art, since you combined both color and B/W to make a beautiful image. The artwork however, is probably the most incredible part of the artistic process-- since the details in the portrait are incredibly striking. I've seen Cross as Bree on TV before, and the likeliness here is incredible 
Thank you so much for entering and good luck!
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wow thanks) you wrote such a great critique!)
Bree is one of my favourite DH so it was really exciting for me to draw her for your contest)
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