Little family
 

Dear colleagues,
I was absent long time, and here I again at a forum with new work - a three person?s portrait. It would be desirable to learn your opinion about this picture. And else. Somebody knows, what competitions within the limits of a forum are?
It is very grateful.
Andrey

Hi Andrey,

Welcome back! I like so much about this very charming family portrait. The individual portraits are haunting and beautiful, as well as technically very well painted, and the grouping of your subjects feel naturally and elegantly composed. Your use of white and pink as a color theme is vibrant and very effectively designed. My only question is whether it might enhance your painting to have a more interesting background, with more visual and spacial depth, and some specific contextual detail; perhaps such as a window, or some classic wallpaper pattern? Actually maybe this is a very minor thing to nitpick about, for this is a lovely portrait! I have been impressed with your previously posted portraits too.

Garth

Andrey,

I agree with Garth, this is a beautiful painting. The personality of each sitter is very evident and the colors are lovely. I also agree, it could only be improved by putting your figures in a definitive space. Were you to leave it as is, it is still a beautiful picture. Great job!

Andrey,

I wrestled with this color combination in my painting "Alicia Rose".

Your lovely painting, I think could be helped with some kind of rythymic patterened background and a shift in the color of the yellow.

The yellow, at least on my screen, is too red. Actually a succesful complementary to pinks and reds is of course, green. I wanted to KEEP the backgound yellow so I shifted it to more of a warm yellow green. I do believe a used a combination of ivory black, naples yellow (Michael Harding) and flake white. That particular naples yellow is almost a lemon yellow.

I understand my ancestors were ikon painters in the Ukraine and I think I get my love of flat floral backgrounds from that.

I hope this helps.

Andrey,

I believe that I used raw umber as well. As all raw umbers vary, mine was toward the green.

Hi Andrey,

I agree with the comments above. It is a lovely grouping, well-painted, and I think the suggestions of the other artists are excellent. Could you perhaps post some details of the faces, and of the woman's chest area. There is something going on there where her dress meets her skin that I am not sure about, but I would like to have a closer look. Thank you!

Alex