
Today was almost the last day i would work on it. i finished the painting but there are now two things i see that i would like to fix. First is the beard. I scaled down the left side of his face the way i planned, and now the beard seems to be larger / higher up on the face than the original painting. the original's beard isn't as large. Mine looks like it is engulfing the face too much. Second are the eyes. i don't even think i can count the number of times i redid them today. the eyes and eyebrows are extremely important, because they hold the expression of the person's face. in the original, he looks calm, almost morose. In mine, he seems more......surprised? also, because i redid them so many times, they noticeable increased in size. Renoir's eyes aren't that large. to fix those things will only take a short time, but i want to step away from the painting and come back to it, because i worked for a long time today.
EYES? I think the shape is a bit wrong too. Were you really working with a grid? If you broke up the grid square for the eye into a grid itself, where would each part fall? We will discuss on Monday, this is fantastic!
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