I agree with Halleck and Beautifulbay about the values. Try more solid black negative space to keep the eye moving. Also, try this site for all your human proportional needs: http://drawinglab.evansville.edu/proportion.html You've got a good hand and the desire . . . the rest is learning and, of cou...

I don't mind his elbow being gone so much, but what bothers me are the reins. Their upward arc into oblivion makes my eye swing up and off the image plane without anything to ing it back in again. Perhaps if they fell straight to the ground, or were in the man's other hand . . . The foreshortening o...

Growing up in and around New England salt marshes makes me like this painting alot! Almost the only thing that makes it an obvious southern marsh is the moss. I have always found Spanish Moss to be kinda creepy, in a Gothic romance kinda way. Still, it captures the peaceful feeling marshes have for ...

It makes me want to pet it! Awesome flow.

When I hear/see "forged" I think of anvils and rather violent (or at least coercive) activity. The same goes for arranged marriages -- with the exception that most arranged marriages are entered into somewhat willingly, but there is still the idea of merging two entities which might be at ...

I agree with Erica about portrait VS landscape. To me, the raised hands look more like they're about to use a keyboard, though. The image as a whole is great!