Your talent will never cease to amaze me! Your patience with building up every layer is something I'd love to possess. I hope it's something I can learn.
except for the shape of the chin, which is less long, you achieved a very good resemblance; Also the expression of her gaze, the model has it a little sadder.
timowthie there is no such thing as more beautiful, and I can’t tell if you’re trying to be mad about or just saying that just to say it. I prefer the actual her which Is “more beautiful” than the drawing.
In drawing portrait, the eye he did is exactly right. I' learning about this and my teacher say so. If you draw the eye too detail, it's not "drawing", it's "copying"
In fairness, my eyes would be droopy if I had to keep that pose for several hours. He probably just was drawing the way she'd actually gaze in real life.
Good artists know how to cover the flaws and make their work more appealing. What if the client sees the finished work and says "oh, my eyes look a little droopy, can you modify it please ?"
The very slight lack of fullness in her cheeks and mouth has aged her 3-4 yrs....absolutely he same girl but not the same age....the eyes on the portrait are more open also and tend to age her.
Aged younger or older? Drawing looks slightly younger to me. But you do seem to be overly critical especially as this is drawn from life and the goal is to achieve likeness not a photocopy
