Also known as Yevgenia Watts! I really need to start doing these a little larger! This is about five inches square, making her face only an inch and a half? It's hard to do too much that small. Although, you would think it would stop me from overworking!! This is for Julia Kay's Portrait Party again.
Lovely, Raena,
ReplyDeleteAnd doesn't look overworked to me - trust me I am an expert at fiddling and overworking!
xoxo
My goodness that's a lot of detail, I would not have guessed the size correctly. You did a lovely job.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! (As always.) Great detail and colors.
ReplyDeleteI think this really great. Love the way you have ditched the ink and come out with great values in the watercolor - you are getting better and better. This scene looks to me like a scene from Harry Potter - I don't know why except maybe I have Harry Potter on the brain.
ReplyDeleteyour work is SO good! and thanks for your comments lately. I want you to know I accidently rejected your comment on the newspaper one. I loved your comment, I immediately laughed out loud and tried to accept it ... all while driving. oops I accidently rejected it....and I know. i shouldn't do that while driving.
ReplyDeleteNow it shows that you've got surgeon's hands ^^ Able to work with your brush with such details on such a small scale.... =)
ReplyDeleteThere's something that I've discovered, it's just my opinion anyway Raena, I really like it when you work with soft colors...but when you do with dark and stronger tones, it brings out the subject really well... I think that's a great way to do it, strong colors and coupling with your delicate brush strokes... AWESOMENESS!
Thanks for the comments =) Me happy with my first art-check
Awesome! Thanks so much for doing my portrait, Raena! And I like your new banner, too! :)
ReplyDeleteDrat! it doesn't show up on my computer. Maybe later it will magically appear.
ReplyDeleteThats a lot of detail for such a small painting, but all good details (you have a good eye for it), not over worked at all and I like it (especially the darker back ground, ads nice drama to it). Well done.
ReplyDeleteHOW do you work this small! I think this is really great - good values, and nice sense of her character. It doesn't look overworked to me, the only thing I think might push it a little further is if you left out the background detail, so her head would be really emphasised. But that's just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThis is very, very good. From my sidebar, it looked like a photograph.
ReplyDeleteThis is very good..I liked the shades of her face...her hair everything.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I don't know the technical stuff, but aesthetically, 'it works'. Lots of personality in that face!
ReplyDeleteSo much details and delicate brush stokes in a tiny space for a great result! Bravo
ReplyDeleteYou know the saying:
if you can draw small, you can draw big. Apparently the other way around is more difficult.
Raena, I was drawn to the thumbnail of this sketch on Flickr, and loved this painting.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I find with overworking a watercolour painting, is that it loses it's freshness and spontaneity - but that doesn't mean it looses it's quality as an artwork.
I also agree with curiouscrow about the figure in the background, it does distract from the subject, even in the photo, where it appears very blurred.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Like others, I wonder how you can work so small, but obviously it is where your talent lies.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting! And congrats on the book - that sounds like an exciting and worthwhile project. I like your new workspace below too.
ReplyDeleteYes Krista has the right word!! STUNNING!!! Very vibrant!! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Raena! I'm pretty intimidated by portraits I have to say, but the Portrait Party looks like heaps of fun...might bring me round eventually :)
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful expression....and her hair is so lovely as well!
ReplyDeleteIt's really cool that you do portraits in watercolor. I like doing portraits too, but I absolutely have the most difficult time with watercolor! So props to you!
ReplyDeleteVery good job, Raena! I must admit I have a pending matter with portraits... :/
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