To be honest, I think that the background is doing no good to te subject of this work. Maybe becouse it is to ‘bristly’ done or maybe becouse it is to much painted around the subject.
The brid looks a little ‘flat’ to me, not loose from the background and is seems that the branch of the apple is not loose from the bird.
The apple and the leaves have, in my opinion, a total different style, wich I like very much becouse of the softness in your use of colour and the lines around it.
I think, that if you sharpen the lines around the bird, just as you did on the apples and the leaves,it will become stronger.
Dont worry,its just my personal opinion and I find your work worth it to examine and comment. I’m looking forward to see more.
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warlord | Sunday July 06, 2008 at 06:33 AM
Great use of highlights and nicely muted colors. Brings a softness to the work. If the branch was eliminated from the forefront (the area of the branch across the bird’s body), and placed in the background (leaving the area of the brach starting at the bird’s back), I believe it would alter the perspective, and produce the illusion of the bird being projected forward. This would add significant emphasis and definition to the bird.
