Captain Max

[Patricia Joyce]

Vianna,
Other than the skull being too shallow (as you mentioned) this is a wonderful drawing!!!! What fun it is to draw from life . . .

[Vianna Szabo]

Thanks, Pat. I definately prefer working from life than from photos.

Vianna

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Originally Posted by Vianna Szabo

I definately prefer working from life than from photos.

Vianna

So do I Vianna, that's a very nice head! Keep on working from life, you're doing a good job.

[Sharon Knettell]

Vianna,

Beautiful lighting and sensitive form.

There is a Sargent head that could use a few more mm. on the noggin.

Lovely drawing.

[Richard Monro]

Vianna,

Nice drawing and I agree with your self assessment. Go ahead and expand the value range a bit, add a little more height to the head and you will have created a very credible drawing.

PS - I don't know what sexy lips are, but I question whether or not he has them. Eyes of the beholder!

[Vianna Szabo]

Hey Sharon, if Sargent can screw up so can I. It's ironic that I just finished teaching a portrait class where I was always correcting for the cranial mass verses the facial mass. Oh well, do as I say not as I do.

Richard, as far as the sexy lips go, those were his words not mine. Thanks for the critique. I think I will work on it a bit more. Perhaps really punch in a few whites along the rim of the profile and deepen some darks. Thanks, Vianna

[Chris Saper]

Hi Vianna,

Very sensitively handled value transitions! I look forward to seeing your next one!

PS Try to nag Diane into posting

[Vianna Szabo]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for the compliment. I have been nagging Diane quite a lot lately. Matter of fact I threatend that I was going to write you if I heard she was taking on any more commitments that cut into her time for art. We are planning on pooling our kids together this summer and painting from a model out doors. I'll have her post her work from those sessions. Wish me luck!

Vianna