Deviation Actions
Description
May 2014
A big imaginary chocolate cake to anyone who’s got grips on their art history. 
If you simply have no energy to work that grey matter of yours, here’s a hint: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_wit…
I’ve wanted to repaint a classical painting in my own style for a while now, and while the one I chose isn’t the most exciting there is it was one of the more approachable ones. Things were changed, obviously. If they weren’t it’d be just a copy or a master study, and that was not the intended goal. But it still had to be recognizable so the pose had to be as identical as possible.
Human skin though… I could probably talk endlessly about the colour of human skin and how darned hard it is to get right. And the skin of the bonedog… *groan* Pencil is one thing; colours are a different matter, so it took me quite a while to come up with something reasonably good. I’m still not entirely satisfied with everything (I never am), but I can’t keep tinkering with it any more else I’ll ruin it instead.
Also the colours got a bit wonky in the scan. I tried to restore them as best as I could in PS but things are still a bit off (unfortunately). I promise that the colours are slightly better IRL.
Oh well… Enjoy! (or not)
Technical stuff: Watercolours, coloured pencils and a dash of acrylics.
Size: 23,5 by 33 cm (9,5 by 13 inches) – slightly larger than an A4.
Time: About 40 hours – and as usual that does not including general preparations and the hours just waiting for the paper/paint to dry.
)You criticize yourself about the skin tone but to my eyes it looks very well made. The different warm skin colors blend together nicely to my eyes. I also like the way you have done her hair. Her anatomy is also good looking and I especially like her hands. The skin texture of the bonedog "puppy" is good looking as well. And as it is a "puppy", his skin can be more softer than the skin of the full grown ones.
If I have to criticize something, it is her eyes. For some reason those look a little bit "staring" for me. Perhaps it is the light color of the eyes which is always harder than dark eyes (at least I think so).