[avid reader]

Here's some of my watercolor paintings.






Would love some feedback.

This post has been edited by avid reader: 19 April 2009 - 07:51 PM

[Creme Fraiche]

Wow! Your good. You add good details.
My favorite has to be the flower with the butterfly.

[Raechi Mefari]

These are spectacular!! My favorite is definitely the last flower. The horse is second, then the flower with the butterfly. I found it was too geometrical, I think; though it's better than anything I could ever paint.

[avid reader]

Thanks!
The flower was definitely the hardest for me. It is so against my usual style. I am usually really precise, but that flower is alot looser than it looks in the picture. But it is one of my favorites. It is sitting in a store waiting to be bought... stupid economy, making people not want to buy art...

[Palagrin]

I would say the horses mouth looks a bit odd, a bit square?

[China Oolong]

The horse is my favorite, without a doubt.

But yeah, the head does seem a little bit square - of course, it could depend on the angle, or even the breed of horse, I think.

[avid reader]

Yeah. The picture I was using as a reference was a little wired... it might be the breed of horse, but I don't know. I realized it looked really square AFTER I traced it with microns (that's what I get for doing most of my drawing at like 2 in the morning)... so I decided to run with it as opposed to trashing the whole thing and starting over... not to mention that was the first horse I have ever drawn in its entirety.

[H.N]

I really like them, great colours and texture, The only thing I would crit on is that the shaiding technique looks a little odd on the horse's left leg.
How long have you been doing this?

[avid reader]

Well... I have been drawing all my life. I have never taken a formal DRAWING class... like ever. Now, I have been taking some private painting classed from a woman named Jan Kirkly for the last 8 months... so I have been painting for 8 months. I am still working on technique (hence the funky shading) and I am really trying to develop my own personal style. I have some other sketches that I am going to post soon, and personally... I like some of those better. I also have a few more recent paintings I am working on... these paintings are from around Christmas time... so I have made some improvements in my technique... I will have to get some of those on here as well...

But yeah... I have only been painting for about 8 months.

[avid reader]

Ok... here's a few more paintings and some sketches too.












The sketches are... I don't know... I really need some feedback on the sketches... I cannot tell if they are any good or not... I like them... but I need some brutal honesty from outside sources...

This post has been edited by avid reader: 19 April 2009 - 03:41 PM

[Lady Goldylocks]

Your pictures look really good, I can't wait to take a closer look later. Then I'll give you some proper feedback. I just post now to point out that you don't need to wrap your pictures in code tags. It's enough to have the [img][/img] around the links, not the

too.

[avid reader]

LOL. Thanks... I am really NOT GOOD at technology related ANYTHING... so... I will try to do better oh mighty moderator! Hahaha!

[Lady Goldylocks]

May I suggest editing your posts?

This post has been edited by Lady Goldylocks: 19 April 2009 - 03:29 PM

[avid reader]

.... *cough cough*....

what do I do...?
(sorry... I am SO STUPID... I need a little instruction first... then I can generally figure it out.)

HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA!!! I did it! WOOHOO! I feel special!

This post has been edited by avid reader: 19 April 2009 - 03:42 PM

[Bartimeaus]

You have a very ornate signature, did you practice it at some point in you life? P: