reed green troussers

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Hi all
I post this picture of a reed green troussers I'm working on
it's not finished , I have to smooth some parts but I have problems with the highlighting of these 3 folds they seems very bad highlight but i don't know why.
any comment are very wellcome.
cheers
laurent

 

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[Manfred]

Laurent I like what you did.

Very nice figure!!!

Also like the reed green tone.
As to your folds problem. It "might" be the placement of the extreme highlights.

For example the fold UNDER number three hast the brightest highlight inwards, as usual with "overhead lighting". Also on the opposite leg under the knee I see the same.

Your "problem folds" all seem to have the brightest highlight outward, on the edge so to speak. So I guess you would have to slightly darken the ridge of the fold (maybe with a medium highlight) and keep the extreme highlight more inwards.

Hope that makes sense and hopefully a better painter than me will add something here.

Manfred

BTW: I also think the lower lip might be just a little too bluish/ too dark. To me the lip looks more like very cold weather.

 

[Cicero]

Bonjour Laurent,

You didn't mention if you have painted this figure in oils or were using acryl. I myself am an oil freaky!
Maybe it is the lighting of the photo but in my (humble) opinion it seems that you were using not the same colours to highlight and shade the front pocket compared with the rest of the trousers.
Secondly I think that the transition between the highliht and shade is to harsh, meaning: you go direct from the darkest shade to the lightest highlight. I think that if you paint a medium shade between the highlight and shade the transition will be much more gradual and natural.

For the rest I like your figure very much, especially the rendering of the black jacket and the grey shirt.

Hope to be of any help.

Kind regards

Johan

 

[Pete Wenman]

Guys hi

Laurent very nice work,

Manfred, boy did you hit the nail on the head. Like Laurent I could sense
something not quite right.

Your answer is spot on. I had never considered the difference the final
highlights postion would make, and have always tended to go with the outer edge.

I can't wait to get back to my workbench and have a go at the inner postion, it looks so much better.

thanks to you both for highlighting this (pun intended) and a terrific answer

Pete : thumb:

 

[megroot]

Laurent,

I think you got the answers from the man above.
What is happen in my opinion is that you have no base color between the highlights and shadow.

Marc

 

[Calvin]

I have no advice for point 2 and 3, maybe as Marc says you need an intermediate tone, but for point 1 to the upper of the figure I really like the way you do it.
Try to take a look at some of the figures painted by Diego Ruina, such guy uses very strong highlights, sometimes a bit exagerated, but with a great stage effect.
Yours (from point 1 to the upper) seems to look like those (of Diego) and in my opinion is a great attainment, such talent (your and of Diego) is not common.

 

[garyjd]

Laurent, Very very nice job on the figure. Aside from painting the "problem folds" your figureappears to be painting itself due to fine sculpting.~Gary

 

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thanks all for your answers guys
cheers
laurent