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Wow, there is a lot of great art here! Best thread that I've run across. I feel slightly intimidated by all of the great figure work, but I'll post a couple that I'm working on. Any comments on how ...

Thank you all for the helpful comments...... I'm working to tweak things, using your observations and suggestions. Captain Fred..... I'm the imbecile Embarassed

not you!!! After you noticed the frame m ...

Stacey, I painted the entire piece and have saved it several times if you'd like to see a wip from start to finish. I believe what you may be seeing is what happens when I convert the sizeof my TIF ...

Hello all. I'm working on a portrait of an internet friend and could use some advice to make it the best it can be. Any input is greatly appreciated. Here's where I'm at so far.

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I have found that the best way by far to blend colors in Painter is to use the liquid/ just add water brush tool at between 15 & 25% sometimes lower. It doesn't push the paint around and you can achi ...

Welcome to the site. I can only tell you how I use painter and that is in a very traditional manner. I just open a new file, select a canvas size and do my sketch in the painter program as I would o ...

As faras the eye goes, you might want to try either cut or copy and paste. If you are using Photoshop, you use free transform option as well , and adjust the size too. After you get the size and pla ...

The higher the resolution, the better the quality you will get when printing it out. 300 should be fine. Make sure that your canvas size is as large as what you plan on having it printed or you will ...

Didi, I managed to save your painting and played with it a bit. First I made the left % right sides more symetrical. Then I raised the mouth some and the chin. I felt the face was too long. I redefi ...

It's coming along pretty good so far. I do see a bit of a problem in the area a the eyes. Generally speaking on a head on portrait there should be room for 4 eyes the spacing should be approximate ly ...

I have removed all of the pictures. Thanks to all who gave me comments and suggestions . I'm almost finished and may post the finish piece soon

I'll work on the saturation levels but as far as the sky is concerned the difference in the intensity has to do with atmospheric perspective. The closer the sky is to the horizon the less saturated th ...

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Thank you both for the kind and positive comments.....The toddlers aged babies appear quite muscular in the original too. I'm considering softening them some. I've been working on the foreground an ...

I'm working on a study of Leonardo's Madonna of the Rocks. He did two versions himself. I've taken elements of both and changed the poses and background somewhat. Any comments or suggestions are ap ...

Hello all. I've been admiring everyones work here for sometime now and got up the courage to show a few of the paintings that I'm working on. Any comments or suggestions for improvements on any of t ...