melissa Untitled

Critiques appreciated.

Another artistic pose from your model with a sense of elegance. Lighting and resulting shadowing are very pleasing. My only comment for your consideration is that the far hand should either be hidden (and probably present an unbalanced appearance) or better yet unmask the hand and part of the arm either by extending farther back, changing your POV slightly with the current pose, or having her lower that arm so it appears at an angle below the near arm or perhaps raising it above her head. Just my thoughts on eliminating the partial view of fingers. Still a fine model for you to work with and add to your series of work!

IMO one of your most interesting pictures. Reminds me of the Victory of Samothrace in the Louvres. Unlike the usual cheese-cake pose, it is neither contrived nor erotic but simply elegant and graceful. There seems to be however a certain contradiction or a conflict in the attitude, a strong, soaring, dynamic push surging from the legs, reaching to the solar plexus where it is abrubtly folded back at the sternum, the gaze turned inward. As if the model was shying back from where her feet want to lead her. She is breaking, falling back on herself...you know what I mean? If she would just assume the desire expressed in the legs and open her gaze to the space they are disclosing. Like a sail! I would recommend looking at the Victory of Samothrace together with the model.

 

Technically I'm not an expert but I would perhaps try to attenuate the illumination on her right hand, as it is, the highlight creates a point of tension that attracts the eye away from the general dynamic flow of the attitude. Just somewhat darkened - not removed, that would create an imbalance as the other poster remarked.

 

Beautiful work, thank you.