Great work! Overall they're looking great. Some tips for improvement: 1. Gesture. I think most of the pieces could use a little more movement. Especially Elvis. He seems a little stiff. 2. What do you want the viewer to see and how can you guide the eye there? You can use value contrast, varied edges, colors, etc. Look at portraits by Rembrandt. Notice how the face is always the most rendered and detailed. Some of his hands are fuzzy or just "implied". Don't make EVERYTHING important. 3. Brushwork. Your brushwork is great, but in some pieces it's the same everywhere. You want to treat different materials differently sometimes. You want skin to feel like skin. Fur to feel like fur. Hope that helps. Great work, keep it up!

Hey Alexey, These are pretty cool, you have some interesting character designs here. I wanted to show you some things that might help your designs a little. First of all, make sure your figures are solid and in perspective. Make sure to always start with a gesture drawing first, your poses tend to be a bit stiff, especially in the limbs. Make sure the clothing and costume are also reflecting some gesture too if it calls for it. I did some draw overs to show you what I mean, I hope they helps :)

Hey Alexey, I like that your doing these, I have seen this guys stuff on Instagram too. I will say that the old guy in the cowboy hat is your best. The other ones though suffer from the random brushstrokes that you use to lay down your color. It's good to have expressive brushstrokes, but they should still be describing the form and have a unified look to them. If not, it confuses the observer because its hard to see the form. I did a quick and dirty paint over your first image to show you how you can unify your values a little to help describe form better. I hope this helps :)

I got zero feedback) But I like the illustration. What's the story behind it?

I love earths world!! It is so useful to find great and interesting references. Another place I like to go is a website called line of action. They have all kinds of references for people and even hands and feet too. It’s definitely worth checking out if you haven’t been on there before.

Looking great! Drawing containers can be very hard to get all the subtle curves, ellipses, etc... And you accomplished it really well. the only think that looked kinda off were the peaches. Their softness isn't matching the loose brushwork over the rest of the painting. Other than that, fantastic! Keep it up!

Hi persona937. I think its well polished work. If your goal was to make well polished picture i think u achived it. When i draw i try to focus more on repition, focus on volume of drawings. It better to do like 30 drawings in a month then do 1 well polished. But again if you wanted to make well polished pic you did it. I was drawing still life recently also you can check them i made a post in this section. They are not that poished but they took like 1-3 hours. Idk if it's helpfull i am also learning like you)

Great studies! How long did each take you? Economy of brush work is so difficult. It takes a ton of focus and knowledge of form. The artists that I've studied for this has been Joaquín Sorolla and John Singer Sargent. But if you want earlier I would go with Franz Hals as well. The essential improvement I can see with your work is getting a deeper understanding of form. What I mean by this is knowing in your head exactly how the body of the horse flows through space so well that you could rotate the horse in any angle and draw it. Of course you don't have to be that good... Like Kim Jung Gi.... but a better understanding will help you render the light on the forms. I point this out because most of the forms in these painting appear flat. They don't have the full illusion of depth they could have. If you want to improve your perception of form I would suggest Drawabox.com lessons. Marco Bucci has a wonderful course called Understanding and Painting the Head that is great as well. And of course Proko manichenization. (which I never spell right) Hope that helps! Keep up all the hard work!!! Very inspiring, I need to paint more!

I think that they look quite painterly. You honestly could have fooled me into thinking these were traditional. The only flaw I can really see is that in the third painting, the sides of the roofs form a tangent, which makes the picture's depth less distinct.

These are very nice! I recognize those paintings as well. Did you use the zorn palette as well?

They look very painterly! I also like how you did the loose skin on the middle guys face, shows the form well but doesn’t draw attention away from the eyes and nose

Hi juan . I think as an illustration it looks preaty good. I agree with previous guys about composition and separation but its minor things overall the picture looks solid.

One more subission for the challenge. Was a beautiful day yesterday in moscow couldn't resist but to draw the view.