Nice. Very Stanley Spencerish! I'm sure when you come back to this in a couple of days you'll find a few quick editorial touches that will pop it into place- in the meantime- it does everything a self-portrait should do; it gives us a likeness, lets us take a narrow glimpse of how one sees oneself and witnesses to the air, the light and the mood of this particular present moment. lovely painting, Alice!
It's certainly on its way, and does a good job of carrying out your expression and mood. Mouth seems fine, and I agree, maybe a bit here and there on the nose. ~~But the hard part, the statement of personality, is there ~and that's often the part that eludes portrait painters. nice work.
(Don't let your own critical stare make you nervous as you work on yourself)...
Nice. Very Stanley Spencerish! I'm sure when you come back to this in a couple of days you'll find a few quick editorial touches that will pop it into place- in the meantime- it does everything a self-portrait should do; it gives us a likeness, lets us take a narrow glimpse of how one sees oneself and witnesses to the air, the light and the mood of this particular present moment. lovely painting, Alice!
ReplyDeleteGood structure and form, I like the tension between the eyes in the forehead, I feel your intense looking.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly on its way, and does a good job of carrying out your expression and mood. Mouth seems fine, and I agree, maybe a bit here and there on the nose.
ReplyDelete~~But the hard part, the statement of personality, is there ~and that's often the part that eludes portrait painters.
nice work.
(Don't let your own critical stare make you nervous as you work on yourself)...