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Published: 2016-08-06 11:24:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 417; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 5
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Hi Fran,
This is a great drawing.
Your technique and use of pencils strokes gives such a soft and wonderful texture to the fur.
The color pallet is excellent and gives the entire composition color unity and harmony. The same color values from the tree worked into the areas of the fur really shows your knowledge of color use. The highlights are really well placed and give the subject volume and a very realistic look. The nose is exceptionally well done.
The texture and technique you used on the tree gives the composition diversity and interest without pulling the viewers eye away from the Koala.
I like very much the colors used in the background. They indicate the earth and sky in a way that puts depth between the subject and the further background and really bring the Koala up close to the viewer. This gives the viewer the feeling of being involved with the animal as if they could reach out and touch it.
I'm not familiar with the anatomy of this animal so I'm a bit hesitant on commenting in this area. I think it's exceptionally well done. I do feel the right side of his lower jaw might be a bit angular in the center part and bit more of curve there would soften that a area a little more.
I'm not sure about the top of the head on the right where it meets the right side of the ear. It seems a bit high, but I could be wrong. The position of the head may account for this especially if you were using a photo as a reference.
I think this is a wonderful drawing that touches the heart of any person who is an animal lover. I know it did mine. Terrific work on this very realistic animal portrait.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write this critique.
I did have a reference, and I had a look at it again, you are absolutely right about the proportions, both the jaw and the fronthead. No way of fixing that anymore though...
I'm glad you like the background. This time I mixed watercolour-pencils with the polychromos and the watercolour-pencil white helps to get a lighter shade of blue that is also blended well.
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