i think i want to leave her here and call this my best effort at a study of Strazza's 'Veiled Virgin'. she's far from perfect but this is my representation of her. without spending another month on hyper detail, i'm going to call this done 💘

having the veil not look like a liquid was the biggest battle. i know it's not 100% there, i think that will be my main focus when i try something similar again

how do you think i went?

material: monster clay

The love of my life overdosed almost two months ago. I started his portrait, and this is where it stands tonight (unfinished WIP)

This is supposed to be a gift to his parents. I don’t feel like I’m serving him justice. Maybe it’s grief. I don’t know. Input appreciated. Thank you.

Just trying to see if these are reading anywhere close to what I am going for. Please let me know where you think they are and what you think they are made from!

Im surprising my sister with a painting and I was showing my mom what I had and she said it seemed a little dark so I added sun and rays and now I fear I’ve completely ruined it I liked the darker before and now it looks so childish to me please give me your criticism I’m stuck. I think I should’ve put the brush down now looking at the before

Many people still comment on the original post (second picture) so I decided to show you an update I did while trying to follow as many suggestions as possible. I know it is still not perfect and that there are still mistakes but it is a little progress since the original artwork.

So this is a recent drawing I actually like, however, I see certain things that could need improving. I could've left some tiny sliver of empty space between the hooded characters just to maybe separate them better. Could do the fabrics better. At first I thought her face looked flat but now I'm not quite sure anymore, might be because I've looked at it for a while...but the most important part is, I should've planned the background beforehand. It's supposed to be the pattern off the doorways to the Royal Palace of Fez in Morocco, and it's definitely supposed to be drawn PERFECTLY using a compass and ruler. It can go under the radar perhaps due to the lines and everything, but you can definitely notice imperfections... Anyway, I'm wondering if there's more stuff I missed and looking for any tips I could follow in the future.

Been studying vintage artists (mainly Leyendecker) and im always so enamoured by how they draw side profiles (huge weakness of mine) and so I did a more specific, targeted study of that! Before I do the next one id love to hear any tips you guys might have. And If any mistake in the above study jumps out too much!

Acrylic on paper

Some days ago, I shared the first painting and another painting and asked which one is stronger. Many of you said I should use the same reference as first one and paint it again, so it would be easier to compare. So I did it. What do you think?

(First one is old, second one is new. I also wanted to show faces close up)

So i tried doing the hair like in the first picture, but it turned out like this. I did the all the steps until I had to add highlights. I didn't know what form to guve the highlights and tried to copy like in the picture but it doesn't look the same. I just want another pov on this.

I’m not an artist but I’m definitely not a photographer either. The pictures don’t really show the paintings as they actually look. Any advice (on the paintings or how to photograph them) is greatly appreciated. The last one is a car in the dark. I feel like it’s hard to tell.

Also this is for an art contest and due in like 2 days so I need to salvage as much as possible.

It's supposed to be a cliff and shore background with a couple floating islands with wooden towers on top. Could someone please tell me how to make it more readable? Thank you!

Edit: made an Update for anyone interested

For 3 years I have studied your face, every mole, every curve. I’ve found hues that span the entirety of our color spectrum. Crevasses, peaks and valleys. Without reference, with my eyes closed, I know the shape of you, Dylan, the way I know my own face. Sometimes I touch my cheek and I feel like I’m touching yours. Sometimes I look into my eyes and I see you staring back.

When I started this portrait, I knew it would be hard. I knew there would be points that felt impossible, and periods that felt like an injustice. Because even if I could capture you perfectly in a 1:1 ratio, it still wouldn’t, it just couldn’t, bring you back. But I tried. I sat with you, and I spoke with you. I laughed and I cried and I celebrated. I regaled cherished moments in our timeline and I mourned telling you the new memories I’ve made you haven’t been able to be physically present for.

I poured our love into each detail, and I hope when people see this portrait, Dylan, that they see YOU. How profoundly deep your eyes are, how much weight they carried. When I fell in love with you at first sight, it was because of your eyes. I always told people; look at them. How kind they are. Your eyes were so indicative of the integrity and chivalry so innate to your spirit. Innumerable wells I plunged into over and over again and while your form emerged from this blank piece of paper, I felt maybe, so did your essence. I relished in our shared experience.

I miss you every day, Dylan. I will miss you every day for the rest of my life. I know this portrait is not truly alive but you felt alive while I drew it and I am honored that, even for a little while, I could breathe you back into existence. My homage to you is trying to live my life fully now, for the both of us, until I return to the same collective consciousness you now inhabit. Your death was a tragedy but your life was anything but. It shouldn’t be reduced to its ending. I love you. Always. All ways.

Thanks for the feedback yall I think she ended up looking a lot more like herself lol

Hi everyone, I'm new to painting and recently started as a way to cope with my anxieties and fears. My close circle isn't a fan of my work, calling it "messy" and not abstract enough, although I consider them pretty abstract. What's even more frustrating is that they can't really give me any constructive criticism. This has made me doubt myself and whether I should continue. I understand that art is subjective, and not everyone is going to like everything, but support from the people I'm closest to would mean a lot right now!

I'm a gcse art student and this piece is about creativity and a sense of identity shown in children through cutting their own hair (my main theme is hair). My teacher took a glance at it and said she wasn't sure about the scribble work i did, but I'm not sure she understands the meaning of the piece properly since she hasn't seen my notes & research on it yet. Did i make a mistake adding this oil pastel onto the piece? Or does it work?

First post 🙃 My computer broke before it was complete so I submitted it as is but I’d like to add more to it when my computer is fixed. Does it look super unfinished though??? 🥲 It’s supposed to me be about apathy in relation to those affected by war.

White colored pencil on black paper (18x24in) after Artemisia Gentileschi’s Susanna and the Elders. This drawing has really challenged me but I feel stuck in it now. How can I make it feel more finished? I have some wiggle room with my values but can’t make any major changes since I can’t fully erase. Any feedback or advice would be hugely appreciated!

Big thanks to everyone leaving feedback on the previous post! I learned a lot from it and I'd call the redraw a success overall, I'm proud of this, I still feel some of the perspective isn't quite right and the composition and scale feel slightly off, but this is my best.

Tried to fix up the perspective a bit, added some new design to the structures + islands and made the foreground elements bigger, switched the lighting to bottom right and blurred the background.

Special thanks to u/lindendweller for taking time to redraw the original! I think you could tell it was a big inspiration :}

Tried something a little new. I was going for that effect that you get when you shine a flashlight through your fingers and they glow red from your blood and you can kinda see the outline of your bones. Let me know if that’s reading to you. Also any other critiques in general would be greatly appreciated! :)