Sigh...

[rimturse]

Spent two hours refining Siofra, waited for about a day and a half, then it got rejected again. This time the anatomy needs work. It's a first anatomy rejection for me. This is of course MUCH worse than an unrefined rejection, especially since it's water colour and difficult to alter. Anyway, below is a smaller version of the painting. I'll probably rework it or at least try to take a better photo of it before I submit it to the other galleries. Someone mentioned that it looked somewhat blurred. However, I probably need to shelve it for a while before working with it again.

C and I did the art quizz. I picked 19 other water colour drawings with female characters and mixed them with mine. The point of this being was that he had to guess which was mine and to see if I had a recognizable style. Apparently I don't. With a loud, gleeful exclamation he pointed to the picture he was 100% sure was mine. Words like "too easy" were uttered...but in fact the painting in question wasn't mine. In the end, he managed to narrow down the search, but still had to be told which one was done by yours truly. I have to admit that it was FUN! Not only to have him guess, but to put my painting next to all the others. I'm already planning the next one, which will...aehm...of course be much better than this one. Although I am rather pleased with how Siofra turned out despite all the rejections. But then I'm always pleased with new work (art and writing) until after a couple of weeks when the glaring mistakes start to appear, slowly, like smell of old cheese left in the fridge.

 

 

Comments

[maggiemotley.livejournal.com]

She's beautiful; mystical and chilling. Are those rosehips around her?

It's obviously my untrained eye at fault, but which part of her anatomy is the problem?

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

The foliage is based on rosehips and rhododendron, but with artistic license. :)

I'm struggling to find the anatomy flaw myself. I've posted this for critique in Epilogue, but haven't got any definite answers to the anatomy problem yet, although someone suggested it might be the eyes. I'm suspecting the eyes as well, but am hesitant to start correcting anything until I'm 100% convinced of it.

[iagor.livejournal.com]

I think it's the eyes too. The forehead is large and the eyes seem a little out of proportion. But then I don't know nuthin! I think it's good the way it is. I'd love to have a fraction of your talent, May.

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ilona. I'm not half as good as I'd like to be, but I'm practicing. You know painting is like writing: 1% talent 99% hard work. Stubbornness is a good factor as well. So it's just a matter of picking up those pencils. :)

Yup, I'm getting more and more convinced it's the eyes as well.