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To ask which painting you like best

84 replies

dingit · 22/06/2022 12:21

1 or 2

To ask which painting you like best
To ask which painting you like best
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dingit · 22/06/2022 13:55

The last few posters have made me feel a little better. I've just completed a commission ( a dog) and was ready to rip it up 😂😂

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ChiefWiggumsBoy · 22/06/2022 13:56

I prefer 2, but I’m generally not a huge fan of the more realistic style of the first.

I couldn’t pinpoint any issues with your painting @dingit it’s just not my taste

Howyoualldoworkme · 22/06/2022 13:57

Update: Your painting is really well executed and just as good as 2 but obviously a different style

dingit · 22/06/2022 14:01

Howyoualldoworkme · 22/06/2022 13:55

I draw animals myself and I prefer 2 🙂

I love it too.

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Aria999 · 22/06/2022 14:01

I think yours is good too! I think the reason I said the other one is partly that 1 is kind of floating in blank space. It doesn't have any shadow around it, or very much shadow on the form, which makes it seem a bit flat, you have done the fur beautifully though.

dingit · 22/06/2022 14:04

Aria999 · 22/06/2022 14:01

I think yours is good too! I think the reason I said the other one is partly that 1 is kind of floating in blank space. It doesn't have any shadow around it, or very much shadow on the form, which makes it seem a bit flat, you have done the fur beautifully though.

Yes I'm really bad at that. I wish I could get it back and alter it!

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UnshakenNeedsStirring · 22/06/2022 14:05

1 as you can see the eyes

dingit · 22/06/2022 14:06

Here he is. Scampi in his gorgeous lion pose

To ask which painting you like best
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GarrettAMorgan · 22/06/2022 14:07

If you believe, as I do, that the true subject of any painting is light, you won’t find much merit in 1, which is very flat in terms of value and colour. If you skinned a cat and laid that skin flat under a uniform light source, then the color and value of one stripe on the cat would be roughly the same all the way across the cat, as it is in number 1. However light falling from one direction onto a three-dimensional cat should mean not only the value but the perceived colour of the stripe should vary depending on how much light is reaching each individual point on the stripe. There is no sense that the person who coloured in number 1 has ever noticed this, which is quite poor.

I assume this work was done from a photo and not followed up on with observations from life, which makes it impossible to get an accurate sense of colour, as the human eye perceives colour in a much more nuanced way than photos can capture.

The composition of number 1 is equally poor and uninteresting. As some have said, fine for a bit of hobbyist copying and colouring in, but in my opinion entirely without artistic merit.

Dagnabit · 22/06/2022 14:09

2

Wilkolampshade · 22/06/2022 14:11

#1 is hugely better.

smellybuntelly · 22/06/2022 14:12

I prefer 1 as it is more detailed and I think cats have beautiful eyes. But both are lovely and I would have both in my house.

Aria999 · 22/06/2022 14:12

Even if you are working from a photo if you kind of half close your eyes and squint you can get a sense of the blocks of light and dark. Then, exaggerate them like crazy if you naturally tend to under realize them.

ThreeRingCircus · 22/06/2022 14:17

Well I prefer 1 by miles and also thought number 2 looked like a dead cat (sorry!)

You are very talented OP.

numberthirtytwowindsorgardens · 22/06/2022 14:17

GarrettAMorgan · 22/06/2022 14:07

If you believe, as I do, that the true subject of any painting is light, you won’t find much merit in 1, which is very flat in terms of value and colour. If you skinned a cat and laid that skin flat under a uniform light source, then the color and value of one stripe on the cat would be roughly the same all the way across the cat, as it is in number 1. However light falling from one direction onto a three-dimensional cat should mean not only the value but the perceived colour of the stripe should vary depending on how much light is reaching each individual point on the stripe. There is no sense that the person who coloured in number 1 has ever noticed this, which is quite poor.

I assume this work was done from a photo and not followed up on with observations from life, which makes it impossible to get an accurate sense of colour, as the human eye perceives colour in a much more nuanced way than photos can capture.

The composition of number 1 is equally poor and uninteresting. As some have said, fine for a bit of hobbyist copying and colouring in, but in my opinion entirely without artistic merit.

This is not a very kind reply, considering that the OP said some time ago that she painted it.

dingit · 22/06/2022 14:20

It's fine. At first I was upset by some replies, but am now taking on board the criticism! No one ever stops learning.

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Notgoodatchoosingnames · 22/06/2022 14:22

1

GarrettAMorgan · 22/06/2022 14:23

numberthirtytwowindsorgardens · 22/06/2022 14:17

This is not a very kind reply, considering that the OP said some time ago that she painted it.

Well, I wrote my reply having not read the whole thread, so sorry if that was too harsh, OP.

However, another way of looking at this could be that if the OP, who I see is not a beginner, had had people who were kind enough to give her honest and informed critiques of her work when she was a beginner, she would almost certainly be a better artist now.

Blowthemandown · 22/06/2022 14:25

100Stickers · 22/06/2022 12:43

No. 2 definitely, the cat look's really cosy and happy 😊

No. 1 i think the eyes and paws need a little work

Agree, 2

Angelou79 · 22/06/2022 14:25

2

diddl · 22/06/2022 14:27

I much prefer the way you have done the fur Op!

To me it just doesn't look quite finished though.

ScattyHattie · 22/06/2022 14:33

I prefer pose and style of 2 over 1 but I think an owner may prefer 1 and see more of their cats character in it. It looks lovely in photo alongside the model and other cat head picture would be nice gallery display of ginger cat artwork.

IcakethereforeIam · 22/06/2022 14:36

Prefer 2, 1 is very good, but would prefer if it had background or shading. Love no.3, behind the cat in the photo.

madasawethen · 22/06/2022 14:38

I like 1 for the textures and puurrrsonality.
It needs to be finished.

2 is ok as it's finished. It just looks too flat to me.
It happens when people don't have the basics down.
Working with graphite, charcoal, one colour
composition

Nothingfree · 22/06/2022 14:39

2