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Lionel
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2003 2:38 pm     Reply with quote
Well it was going to be just a self portrat and master copy but this took me too long to just post in the self portrat thread so I figured it deserved its own thread. If you wondered why I haven't been posting self protrats for ages this is why Smile.

The original
http://virtualart.admin.tomsk.ru/jdavid/p-jdavid24.htm
Link to a big version
http://raq626.uk2net.com/~lionel/me101big.JPG


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Tomasis
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2003 3:15 pm     Reply with quote
that pic is very cool.. did you have learnt much fron "copying" from the master?

Im copying one work of borguerra now.. it will be exciting Very Happy

what are u doing now for next work? make better sp? Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2003 11:34 pm     Reply with quote
thats a very nice painting, the character and the horse are very detailed, wich brings me to my main critique; the background its seems very undetailed maybe you wanted that way.

another thing is his face he seems a bit cross-eyed I think it would add something to the painting if you gave him a bit more expression, as in more anger maybe?

but still the painting is very nice!

hope my comments helped a bit
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2003 2:51 am     Reply with quote
Hello

This is a very nice painting, Wow, I saw it in the work in progress too.
I don�t like to crit these kind of nice paintings but there are a few things that I am wondering about.
There is a black thing behind the horse legs that I can�t figure out what it is, a catapult or something being thrown through the air, or?
At the same time it looks like the person behind the horse legs to the left is flying.

Nevertheless a very good painting, I wish I could make strokes like that. :)

Matthew
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Lionel
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2003 8:55 am     Reply with quote
One thing I forgot to mention is that I have been doing this after work in the evenings with very little light. when I first saw the ref that I was copying in the sunlight I saw that there was much more detail which I hadn't seen due to the bad light. All this means my copy is missing lots of stuff from the original :/

merlyns: I guess I was losing concentration a bit when I finally got around to doing the background :/. Also I have a closeup of the figure but none on the background so it is easier for me to see the detail in the orignal. I might do some more work on the face it isn't great but I got to the stage where I just wanted to finish th damm thing Smile.

Tomasis: I would have learn't more if i would have been copying it from a better reference and in oils but I think it was a consructive exercise all the same Smile.

Matthew: That object is a flag and it is being waved by the person who is flying (I think). You are right it does need some work on though. I was rusing the piece towards the end :/. If I get some time I will go back and fix it.

Thanks for the replies eveyone.
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2003 11:00 am     Reply with quote
It's great ... you should definately fix what the others mentioned.
It should be worth the time. Thanks for sharing the big version Smile
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