Critique Of Artwork

i'm not sure what all the lines are on this. like it was on a tshirt maybe? then scanned in. i don't think it will print. its also a bit red and snap shotty.


i don't really do paintings, but photographically, the edges need to be cut better. the bezel thing on the edges can't be there.


same with this

there are a lot that is showing that edge



kind of curious where these images came from. this one looks like it was scanned from a magazine.


i know this couldn't be in public domain.

you have 3 directories of boxing but they all look the same to me


on the whole site you should break up your paragraphs, they are hard to read with that much text in there.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I dont do paintings either so I can't say anything about them but your biography is really hard to read. To me it read as one long run on sentence.

Kudos for having the stones to ask for critique though!

Thanks Mike and Brian.The boxing photo's are just from my own collection over the years.It is really my painting I would appreciate a critique on.I have them posted first on the images section.

I work professionally as a writer/editor. If you want me to copyedit your bio, let me know, no charge.

Mike,the Psyd photo is a joke,I appreciate the critique.I scanned my paintings of Mt Hope Bay & VW myself.I'll have to crop them better.

just beware if you didn't actually take pictures of those people, the image still belongs to the person who originally took it. you can't sell the image, unless you have their permission that is.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

also keep in mind joke or not anything that you have there that isn't for real may only lead the customer out the door without ever looking at the rest of your work. like if they stumble and find that one, they may not stay.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Thanks Charles,I appreciate your offer.I'll let you know on that.

The image is me Mike,it's part of my Psycho Psyd artwork storyline.

Dennis,

It looks like you are working pretty steadily. I hope you are enjoying yourself. That's important.

Now a critique. I'd call most of your work, "primitive." I know artists who do very well working in a primitive style Sally Caldwell Fisher, Grandma Moses, etc. I'm going to guess you are working from photographs primarily. I do much the same because I have little time to get out and work from life which I find preferable much of the time. If you are able to work from life, I'd do so for the experience and education. Your eyes see far more than any photo is able and it can be a bit of a crutch If you have never worked from life. Get a mirror and do some self portraits for practice if you have no other way. Draw, draw, draw. I'd do at least ten a day, some short time sketches 1 to 5 minutes to warm up and then maybe some longer times. Think about shadows, where is the light is coming from? Think about how different compositions makes you look at different parts of the picture. The composition is very important to making your images more interesting or dynamic. Color can be used to make things seem far away and help create depth, make things have volume (roundness), make things vibrate with contrasting colors. Perspective in your drawing will also help create more depth. In figure work you need to learn more about anatomy or learn to see more accurately.

These are general guidelines, rules. All these rules can be broken. I think it best to know you are breaking rules before you do.

I say all of these things because I see room for improvement in them all if you are trying to paint realistically (I prefer the word representational). Your alternative is to continue as you are working in a more simplistic style, primitively and not learn any of these rules for doing something different. There is no right or wrong way to go. You decide. Most of all enjoy and continue the journey. It's the most difficult thing and most enjoyable thing I know. It's your journey. YOU are steering the ship.

Dennis, just drop me a PM if you want me to play with it.

Dennis, you are doing a lot of subjects and clearly some are better than others. Looks like you are exploring a bit before you settle into niche subjects.

For what it's worth, many brilliant painters are not good at drawing, many artists who do brilliant drawings are not good at painting, and then there are those who draw and paint very well. I would suggest that you do a sketch first and work it until it is accurate and then redraw or transfer it for painting. Many well known artists who do realistic/representational painting sketch it out first to make sure it accomplishes what they want.

So, keep progressing. My approach is to be very objective and critical of my own work, finding and fixing what is wrong, and continually "ramping it up".

Best of luck to you. Time is on your side. Get busy.

David,thankyou for your time in your critique.I agree with you that my style is without a doubt a primitive style..You get it that most of my paintings take place from gathering several photos and taking the best out of those and going with them.I also don't get out much as I'm no longer able to.I know that I do have a problem with shadows and need to learn more to paint with them.I would like to try and paint outside at least once to give it a shot.Thanks again David for your time and as long as I am able to paint I will.It is my enjoyment to take a picture and multiple it 4 times or more and continue this process through the whole painting to come out with a great painting.I do this process with buildings and with cars.I'll take photo's of cars,take the best from one or two,multiply which sizes I'M using then paint them into whatever background I want to put them in.Once again David thanks for you critique.
Thank you Sarah as well.I have been painting pretty much anything that comes to mind.I don't want to trap myself into one thing so I hope to eventually settle into three or four different categories to paint that would make me happy.
I do draw before I paint,some like "Badge of Courage",that I painted was completely drawn out first.The badge was particularly hard to draw,I had to use a ruler to keep the lines straightand you can probably see some of them under the paint in the badge but it does not affect the painting itself.I want to thank you Sarah for your critique,I will keep progressing and maybe settle into a certain role in painting.
I want to thank everyone for their time I appreciate everyones opinion.It all goes to help to improve oneself to astriving to be a better painter and this I will continue to do.

No critique from me but since you reminded me so much of this singer songwriter thought Id put it up.

Jim,most everyone I know thinks that I am a madman,even my wife.My parents just think I'm completely whacked out.I guess I always have been a little crazy.You have to have some fun with life.Just because I jumped out of a closet with a Rambo knife and a Halloween mask don't make me a bad guy.I have always been one to bend the rules,and if you have to,break the %#it out of them.It looks like you may have broken a few yourself.