Oh, that is good to know. Thank you for telling me your feelings, Kathryn. I do appreciate honest feedback. I will absolutely take that into consideration.
I don't find the image at all disturbing. The moment I laid eyes on it, I began smiling. There is so much playful energy in the gesture... especially since the model is a horse! I do think I prefer the more curved pose in the sketch but they are both quite lovely.
I am so interested in how images are interpreted differently by each viewer and appreciate yours as well, Diana. I hope to get around to painting a horse as shown in that sketch. The sketches help me work out the anatomical contortions of these rather extreme poses!
I generally have several photo references that I use for each pose and am using the sketches to combine them into a credible and anatomically acceptable horse. And imagination and artistic license is definitely present in each one as well.It's a challenge and I am learning a bit more with each one I attempt. I do not usually do sketches before painting - I am accustomed to jumping in directly with paint on the canvas, but I am experimenting with these.
I don't know what to say. I find the top image quite disturbing, extremely well done, but very disturbing.
ReplyDeleteOh, that is good to know. Thank you for telling me your feelings, Kathryn. I do appreciate honest feedback. I will absolutely take that into consideration.
DeleteI don't find the image at all disturbing. The moment I laid eyes on it, I began smiling. There is so much playful energy in the gesture... especially since the model is a horse! I do think I prefer the more curved pose in the sketch but they are both quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteI am so interested in how images are interpreted differently by each viewer and appreciate yours as well, Diana. I hope to get around to painting a horse as shown in that sketch. The sketches help me work out the anatomical contortions of these rather extreme poses!
Deletei agree with Diana.Both are wonderful. Are they from imagination or do you have references?
ReplyDeleteI generally have several photo references that I use for each pose and am using the sketches to combine them into a credible and anatomically acceptable horse. And imagination and artistic license is definitely present in each one as well.It's a challenge and I am learning a bit more with each one I attempt. I do not usually do sketches before painting - I am accustomed to jumping in directly with paint on the canvas, but I am experimenting with these.
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