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Softlyby *SamsBee

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If I could play any instrument I'd want to play the cello.

Poor photograph quality unfortunately.

Critique by ~PersonalGenius Feb 14, 2013, 11:11:01 AM

All in all, I think this is a really excellent piece. It has a nice tonal quality, really rich blacks, etc. You clearly understand the human form. I love that leg! - The line and definition of it is striking. It's both delicate and powerful. You draw hands and feet quite well too.

A few small points I have: Watch your perspective. The front legs of the stool appear to be higher than the rear ones, because the top part is angling up, wear it should be angling down slightly. It also doesn't look like she's sat on it properly. The cushion is clearly not very big to begin with and her bottom is on the very edge of it - not enough support to play the cello. Finally, I think it work a little better if her bow was in mid-stroke, rather than just-having-finished a stroke. The bow isn't touching the strings at all. Perhaps this was a conscious choice, but it makes the composition a little confused and less compelling.

I hope this was helpful. I really did enjoy looking at your work! Thanks for sharing!

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Critique by *Bella-Kunst Feb 3, 2013, 5:49:57 PM

I like this piece a very much. You have sucessfully used tonal qualities to translate a 3D image onto paper. Your strength and your weakness are one in the same however. To explain what I mean.....I had a wonderful instructor in college who looked at a similar work of mine and told me she hated it because it looked "dirty". Not 'dirty' in the sense of X-ratedness, but 'dirty' in the sense of covered in dirt. What she was trying to tell me, (in a admittantly blunt and somewhat insulting manor) was that I was relying on only tones of dark and light to create my image, rubbing in graphite generally to create values of light and dark. You have done the same here. I love the free-ness of working in such a manor, but what she wanted was for me to learn to use Line and Texture to create those values instead. No rubbing, No general shadeing, only very specific and intentional line. It was a real ephiphany for me in the way I looked at the work I made and others as well. I recommend this story to you because from what I see of your work you are very meticulous and desire real realism, but you only use shadeing. Please consider doing a work with only line. (pen is very helpful tool for such). I would love to see your results! The more you understand line the more depth and impact your work will have. That being said, you have done a fine job of capturing an emotive pose. That is often the most difficult accomplishment, to express emotion, tension. The hovering of her bow creates wonderful tension in that moment before the music begins, or that moment of savoring the music just sounded. Your composition is extremely strong. I love the low angle perspective.

If you have any questions about what I mean by creating value through shading versus value through line, let me know and I will point you to some examples. Good luck with your wonderful work!!

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~SavannaMayo Feb 5, 2013

Oh my lord! This is amazing!!

*SamsBee Feb 6, 2013

Thank you very much

~Dessine-moi-un-Beru Feb 2, 2013

amazing !!

*SamsBee Feb 2, 2013

Thank you

~avadaxxxkedavra Jan 29, 2013

the shading is brilliant!

*SamsBee Jan 29, 2013

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~twistedbrushfx Jan 24, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Love it!

*SamsBee Jan 24, 2013

Thank you, and thanks for the fav

~Define-X Jan 4, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Beautiful! I love the perspective and the soft sheen on the surface of the cello.

*SamsBee Jan 4, 2012

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