My Bouguereau Attempt

I've been trying to figure this artist out for a long time. I'll be revising this bit by bit until I'm satisfied with it.

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Comment by Fay Thomson on January 20, 2016 at 19:55: This will be a masterpiece!

Comment by Lori Ippolito on January 17, 2016 at 18:49: I have been wanting to try copying a Bougereau for ages!! Wonderful so far! Keep at it:))

Comment by Edward Duarde on January 14, 2016 at 11:09: So they're changing the name of the site to "The Complete Anatomist". I agree. Also, the iris is a bit dark as is the pupil. I'm scared to touch it until it dries a little more.

Thanks for the feedback.

Comment by Sandi Lear on January 14, 2016 at 9:39: Stunning piece of work, my only comment is the sclera of the eye is a shade too white, perhaps that's the anatomist coming out in me. This is fabulous!

Comment by Edward Duarde on January 14, 2016 at 5:54: Thanks for the comments. The feet will look smaller when I get the full image in the crop. The right side is chopped off so I think more space around the feet will make them appear smaller.

The chalkiness is a result of the grisailles applied over the underpainting. When I glaze over with the skin tones it should help that out. I'll re-post in a couple of days. It's too soon to blame the camera...lol.

Comment by diane boucher on January 13, 2016 at 15:10: Amazing work Edward Love all except the chalky colour effect of the skin high lighting on the child and forearm of the woman. This may very well just be how the computer reproduces these colours!! Also the woman has large feet which also may very well be so but I would take artistic licence and give her slightly smaller ones. That is if I were ever to attempt such an ambitious project as reproducing this work Again amazing.