Nicely done, I think both are very good. Tigs♥ =^..^=

The first thing that strikes me, is the colours you employed. I like the complimentary use and touches of blue.

Then.. and not far behind ...

The posturing (most apt, methinks) in conjunction with her 'smirk'.


Caveats?

Lil' more space at the top, in my opinion, would work towards balancing the piece a tad better and overall.

And as you have already (kind of, sort of) covered the stuff in your accompanying narrative I was going to make mention of, won't strain your eyes any further with more words from moi.

Outside of this:

And you may already be aware of the stuff contained in the following link, however and forging ahead, some good good tips and advice on 'blending':

"Blending oil pastels"


A nice piece and I am most intrigued by the 'direction' of application that I perceive. Works well?

Reminds me of a screen wipe, fade to memory kind of thing. If that makes any sense.

Allll that said..


A belated welcome back and nice to see some work from you again. :o)

She looks like a teenager. Beautiful work of art.

A little smirkness is a good thing. You are right. She is no longer pensive. Reminds me of the 60's.
Very good.

TicK

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I dunno what you mean by bluntness of oil paints, but the feel of this piece is much more harsh and hard than most of the pieces of yours I like.
The Colors seem angry, agressive, defiant... The feel is almost as if there is something threatening... Not that it is badly done, that's just the vibe I get. Maybe that's what you meant by Bluntness.

I like it..It's in ya face...She's trouble ;)

I like it too. Colors and background do have a retro vibe. Smirk seems an apt description! : ) I agree, maybe a little more room over her head would be more balance. Thank you for sharing it!

I see a girl with a flower behind her. A metaphor describing the girl. I think I see Cleopatra's asp making its way up the girl's right side and taking aim at a place between the ear and soft neck.

To add more headroom, the picture would need to be widened. Or, as a desktop picture, just adding more height would render a very narrow picture for our monitors. I think I like it just as it is. The view the artist designed for me to see.

Nice.......

Rob

a poem i wrote today, although somewhat negative i'm sharing anyway.

"To Lean:

Desires to hide this smile behind a stone sell,

because two moments from a present I couldn't feel,

but comradery through art demanded a mood change;

a pensive look to a smirk upon the highest accolade.



I wanted to yell through my eyes,

climb up walls without nails,

avail my hopes to the quicksand of peeling paint

and subversion.



But, nevertheless, my voice changed, an easy sell when

You can't yell without speaking,



Energy crawling in my scowl,

that smile soaks up the cadence of each

grain as I peel into the wall and disappear

because I lost my self three moments to now."

Nice to see you use some different expressions and media in your artwork. A nice experimental piece with lovely colours.

And it is what you do well. COLOR>>