Must an artist copy just as a photo?

[Lara Cannon]

Hello,

I can't stop myself from chiming in here. I think you have a beautiful painting. In my mind it is only a few steps away from spectacular. I'd love to see you glaze in a slightly deeper shadow and define ever so slightly the line of her neck, cheekbone and receding shoulder . Not so much a line but richness in the shadows. She also has a beautiful shadow on the curving back side of her lips I'd love to see glazed in ever so delicately. To emphasize the fullness and turning of her lips. The shadow that defines the end of her mouth where the top of the lip meets the lower lip would add a little drama to her mouth. It would be just adding a little dot angeling down but I think it would a beautiful addition.

I hope that is of some use to you,
Lara Cannon

[Garth Herrick]

Hi Andrey,

Welcome to this Forum! Lara is right that you do have a spectacular and successful painting in the works. It is so much improved over the photograph reference! Your superior drawing skill and sense of proportions are amazing, and it is well worth it for us to study how you process a photograph into a painting. I have learned much from you already. Thanks for posting this!

Garth