Very lovely work Nina! I'm on my phone so I can't see them side to side but the improved contrast on the second piece really helps the read. Nice work!

1 month later

Really lovely work Nina! You are far beyond my skill but I have always wanted to pay you back for all the help you have given me! I don't know if any of this is right, but I did a paint over of the sandwich.

When I looked at this my eye is really drawn to the bottom bun because the values are really high. To me based on the cast shadows it appeared that the light was coming from the top, so I reduced the values on the bottom bun thinking the cheese and meat would likely cast shadow on it, also hopefully drawing away some of the attention.

I added some extra AO and bounce light, but honestly im pretty new at all of that so I just did what I thought may look good. I reduced the values on the eggs just a little bit because to me they were drawing a lot of attention. My version may not be as vibrant and its probably not right but maybe it gives you some ideas and was fun for me to think about! Really lovely work as always Nina!

Thank you! I really appreciate this. I couldn’t balance the values. In the bottom bun has a reflected light from the plate, I aimed for that. I like how you did the egg. Your corrections are right. This hamburger was a lot of frustration for me. In the begging I started to paint this foods references because I thought they are easy and because I suffer from lacking of any ideas.
What is AO? I am really bad with abbreviations:D

Here is the reference if you are curious

I started this a while ago. I dropped it because I lost the likeness, the colours was hard to figured it out and because I lost the original file. I needed a time to drop the frustration and to overcome my irritation. Still it is not perfect but I don’t know if I will continue it yet. I stick too much to one piece

AO is for ambient occlusion! I love how you use your colors, they add so much to the piece! I like to do studies of things the most too. You did avery nice job with these! Lovely work on this portrait I really love the color usage! Really outstanding!

17 days later

Some final touches. Mostly values changing. I call it done.

Quick study for 2 hours. I keep it simple. This is my second attempt for plain air art with tablet. I won’t show you the first, It is horrible :smiley: in my defence I stayed only 40min because it was freezing outside.

8 days later

I can't believe that I didn't stumble upon this hidden gem sooner. Your artwork is very realistic and vibrant. This particularly shows in your paintings. Although you call 'em studies, I call them a piece of art. Keep the fantastic work rolling!

16 days later

Well, I`m not the most serious one in this forum :smiley: Thank you for your kind words

10 days later

This is a little bit different than things I usually do. As I mention before I don`t like sketching... but I really gave here everything I could. The hardest part was to make the chest right in perspective.
So, I really could use some advise or criticism, they are always welcomed.
!!! Chickens and chest are from a game, they are not my design! I like environmental art more. Thanks in advance ^^


This was the beginning, I can`t believe I pushed it to this level :smiley: I needed around a 3 whole days.

There's so much to digest in this drawing, and it's hella cute. Good work!