Seenu,
You're not wrong about that use of the word "critique". Speaking only for myself, I was kind of working on the run, I saw your renewed request for comments, and I simply tapped out some suggestions for improving the piece. I suppose I've kind of developed that approach here over time, which was the way critiques were generally handled in the studio where I received most of mine and where it was simply assumed that there was room for improvement in every piece so "let's get down to work".
I usually do begin with some general appraisal, but there was something about this image that unsettled me, and I suppose at first blush it was both the size of the infant's head in relation to the frame of the piece, and the sense that I was viewing the face from only inches away. Rather than feeling that I was in intimate space, I felt crowded. I found myself uncomfortable with that, and I think it would have been a disservice to you for me to try to put a different spin on it. So I simply moved on to the drawing elements with which I'm more at ease.
I can see from your style the admiration you have for
J.D. Hillberry, whose graphite drawings are indeed extraordinary. They bring to mind the work of a fellow Montanan, Don Greytak, whose drawings would I'm sure impress you. Check them out at
www.dongreytak.com.
As for this thread, it's probably played out and I'd urge everyone to move on to the next. Seenu, I see that you have another drawing posted, and I'll try to get over to have a look at it.
Cheers
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