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Lewis MacKenzie · 11-14-2012, 06:15 AM

I'd never even heard of William Bouguereau before until this year. How embarrassing is that?! An absolute consumate master and he seems to have been retrospectively reduce to a kind of pantomime "baddy" in the story of impressionism.

Copy's looking good so far, have you done any more work on it since you posted this? I would say that you've exaggerated the chroma a bit, but I'm sure you're aware of that and are just feeling your way at the moment. Besides which, I think it's better to start with the colours too strong and bring them down, rather than try to bring them up when they're to dull.

You might have seen this article before, but it contains some little snippets of information about his technique. Might be of help.

http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/T...EREAUpage1.php

11-14-2012, 06:15 AM	#7
Lewis MacKenzie Student (self teaching) Joined: May 2012 Location: Glasgow, UK Posts: 40	I'd never even heard of William Bouguereau before until this year. How embarrassing is that?! An absolute consumate master and he seems to have been retrospectively reduce to a kind of pantomime "baddy" in the story of impressionism. Copy's looking good so far, have you done any more work on it since you posted this? I would say that you've exaggerated the chroma a bit, but I'm sure you're aware of that and are just feeling your way at the moment. Besides which, I think it's better to start with the colours too strong and bring them down, rather than try to bring them up when they're to dull. You might have seen this article before, but it contains some little snippets of information about his technique. Might be of help. http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/T...EREAUpage1.php