Moving Forward

I have mostly been focusing on developing a better value structure here.  The two I was working on before this have a lot going on and  I want to avoid that with this and try keeping it more simple without loosing all  the complexity and detail.

Some small changes and some big changes

 Just working on developing this figure at the moment. Not much else to say here right now.

I have been working with the elements I have already established in this one just moving them around and changing the layer order. I'm not sure yet what figures and things are going in this but that is probably my next step with this.

progress

 I am nearly finished this one. I am happy with the values now  I just want to make sure I am happy with the figure before I call it finished.

 I am close to calling this finished as well. Changing the lights and darks have added a lot to this. I am happy with the gesture of the figure but I am not convinced on the rest of it yet. I would like to have these two finished finished before break if possible.

Started the figure in this one. I like how it is moving with the other elements that I had already created and I think the gesture is working well. I still really like the colors and textures in this piece.

Also, I have revisited a few of my pieces from last semester. Awhile back I had added some charcoal to them, but I wasn't that happy with it. I thought I would try it again and I also used some chalk to enhance the colors and I am liking it this time. The chalk and charcoal have added mostly to the dark areas just to accent them a little.

starts

I am happy with how these are going so far. I am trying to incorporate more similar elements from the first one I did with the solid layers of color and similar colors.

I'm still working on this figure too. I'm happy with the gesture I want to work on the body more so it's not so much of a cylinder form. The movement is working well. I want to create more of an overwhelming feeling by making the forms swirl around the form in a way. I want to work on the values more.

I lightened the face in the center so it wasn't competing with the other figures. I'm still working on some areas of the figure, mostly the hand/arm area. Hoping to be done with this very soon.

I ordered a few frames today. I was really nervous about them because they were very expensive but I'm pretty sure it will be worth it, should know in about a week. I have continued working on the same pieces I had for the critique and I have started on a third.