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Twilit-Arawen — Self portrait - 60 years old
Published: 2011-03-08 16:01:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4209; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 0
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This was my final work for the Painting Class.A Huge self portrait of how i see myself at the age of 60. part of my thesis based on my fear towards the flow of time.
2m x 2m
Oil on Canvas
Sorry for the Crappy Picture
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Can't access the critique app because of standard membership, but I'll try to write one just as a comment.
The first thing that really stands out in this painting is the high detail of the face. The hair and skin tone is incredibly realistic, but the nose and ears look a bit too small. If I understand correctly, this is a projection of what you'll look like in the future(?)... you have to keep in mind that your nose and ears continue to grow throughout your lifetime.
Composition: This feels like it should be in a vertical canvas, especially since the face is centred and bright versus dull dark edges. A minor thing: it might have looked better with a coloured jacket (earth tone) to relieve a bit of the negative space.
Overall: very well done, excellent colour choice and nice technique.
Vision: 4/5
Originality: 4.5/5
Technique: 4.5/5
Impact: 3
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Thanks for you critique! What can you recommend me as an improvement for next piece?
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For next work? Hmm, you could try playing around with composition a bit (put the subject of the painting a bit to the side/top/bottom of centre of the canvas, or try different perspectives). You could also experiment a bit with colours and textures, or do a monochromatic (varying shades of one colour) painting.
Also, you don't necessary have to keep the same amount of detail throughout the whole painting, but try to think of it as taking a picture: elements in the same plane, or close together should "be in focus".
But I do want to emphasize that this work is extremely well done, especially since it's an imagined picture rather than painted from a model or photograph.
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What M4DY already said, but I wanted to emphasize the part where she suggested that it might be better with a colored jacket because I can barely see the difference between the background and the current jacket on my screen. Otherwise holy shit this is amazing.
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I think you still look amazing 
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