these are different shots (one whole thing, three close ups) of my first piece. i want the paint to add and not distract, and i want the pen detail to be evident. suggestions? thoughts? 

this is my second concentration piece. I'm worried that the pencil, when photographed, doesn't give enough of the middle grey.....like the darks are too dark and the lights are too light and there isn't much middle. thoughts? suggestions on other aspects? 

 This photo is portraying the element fire. I think I still need to edit it to make it less square and confined, unlike a fire which goes in all directions. Ideas?

sunflower stamp

mailbox re-worked

YES IT WORKS :)

ok, i will download my pics ASAP!

Birthday Bonuss!

Happy 18th Birthday emmma (andy warhol's idea) x

emma arata portrait.

My 6th piece, Emma Arata's portrait.

The colors i was thinking of came out pretty well. And the picture does look like Emma as well. These are the things i am satisfied with. But I feel like it needs something more. Her body position is wierd in the painting. It is because I just changed her body and made it look awful. The original picture of her has this strong feeling of body postion. On the other hand, my painting body has kinda weak feeling of body postion. The shadow that surrounds her neck doesn't look that natural as well. I couldn't go further to make it look realistic since i am now sticking to 2D. Egon Shielle was one strong inspiration for me to paint this. His use of colors was very outstanding and NOT contrasting. I tried to make the red to be the only contrasting color but the rest, i wanted to look very resembling. Also as usual, andy warhol's contrasting color use like red hair and lips was helpful.

soo how could i improve this painting?