good work, I like the lady's eyes better than the man's. They seem to have more heart. Human faces all have such differing characteristics and are not always easy to bring to life. I sincerely think you've caught the lady better than the man.

Very nice work, especially for a newbie to charcoal. I love charcoal too. Perhaps if you take your hand and place it to block out the far right side, from the reflection to the edge, you can see that the distortion comes from the darkness and the fact that your fence line goes wider at the edge. It ...

She's beautiful! The only thing I personally would have done is made her hand a bit darker on the inside. The light is very strong coming in the window. Seems to me the shadow would have been a bit stronger.

Thanks for the input Joe, but I Did ad a few
anches. Did a lot of work with glazing too. Tweeked it a bit. I like it now.

As you can see in my photo, I am working on a painting of palms in the sun and need some advice. Do you think I should fill the top right corner with anches (of an encroaching palm from the right) or not. There will be more on the bottom right. I realize the painting is heavy on the left, but someti...

[size=12] Hi Karen :D Nice to see someone painting Pa. I lived there for 30 yrs., in Potter & Tioga Counties. Your back ground, rocks and trees are great. Have to agree about the girl, I don't think she ads to the painting. Just my opinion. Kinzua Dam is a wonderful place wish I could be there t...

Welcome Brigitte, I'm new here too, just joined last month. So far, I like it a lot. I agree with the previous comments. Most of my life I was a "hobby painter" but I decided to go back to college to learn how to really paint. I love it. Perhaps, you'll do that too. I've been to Austria se...

Hi all you fellow art addicts. It's nice to meet you. I love seeing all of your creations. I'm a returned student (after a 35 yr. leave) to the University of Iowa (go Hawkeyes). I returned to college to study art and learn how to paint. Looks like I did something right! Check out my new gallery her...