Acrylic on stretched canvas 20 x 24
I had fun painting my granddaughter playing on the beach....wondering if I should warm the sand up?
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I just read the comments from my friends on this site and I had to smile. Its a great subject done well but you could smooth out the arm so she doesn't look like Arnold Schwartzinagars daughter. LOL Happy Painting !
Just back from 2 wks holiday in Mexico...appreciate all your advice guys...I will rework her arm! This beach is at a small lake in Alberta, Canada...so no tides...no large waves...they do rework the beach every morning with a tractor and harrow!
Hey! don't say ..."you guys" ..I didn't say anything ....... I liked the sand!! It's all Trevor's fault.
Per Michael's and Trevor's comments; little kids this age often have some baby fat still on their arms. I think that this is a little exaggerated by a bit of an abrupt change from the light to shadow on the arm; a little adjustment by widening the half tone to the light side of the shadow would easily fix it in my opinion. It doesn't really bother me that much and I hadn't noticed it. There actually is a fairly strong group of muscles in that area that are the extensor muscles for the wrist and fingers; closer to the wrist there is a concave effect produce where the muscle attaches to the tendons that descend toward the hand. Put a bright light on your forearm and clench your hand making a fist and you will see what I mean. Also, Trevor's comment about the sand may be appropriate for N. Ireland, but the sand along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. really holds its edges and looks like this when has been wet and starts to dry. I think the sand is extremely well done and looks quite realistic to me. You guys are getting a little picky, and this indicates to me that this is really a terrific painting! Stu
Stu is a surgeon, so he might have a comment on the anatomy of that particular area?
Hi Arlene. I did not notice the developed muscle that Trevor pointed out before ....but I would agree with him ...anatomy wise and artistically wise, it does not look right. The sand ...I am not saying that Trevor is incorrect here, but the look of the sand does not bother me ...the arm does ..now that I am aware of it.
Thanks everyone for all your input...always appreciated!
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