Simply Waiting

Follow your passion

You have the raw talent to do it.

exqusite

you have great talent...MORE>>>MORE

Good color!

Love the colors, especially on the back which is in shadow...Nice work Marguerite, let's see more!

Very, Very Nice,

I like your use of colors and contrast. The mood is sensual. Love your work.

Interesting work

I visit Laguna Art Galleries weekly always looking for a picture that captures the perfect moment or a scene that speaks volumes. I have a blank space on one of my walls and am still looking for the perfect picture. Yours comes very close. My wife who was small looked like this when we were younger. Thanks for the memories.

Tom

Wow!

I really love this! It's beautiful, emotional, and well done.

Color and curves...

The back view lovely, with expressive colors and curves

Outstanding

You have no reason to be shy. This is outstanding work!

Recommendation

Literotica does not seem to list the work of the illustrators so Throbbs has found a way to do this by favouriting all of his work. I'd like to see more of your work and would appreciate a list somewhere. I am looking in the 'similar stories' column, but I know from my own work that not everything shows up there, so perhaps you could create the list for those of us who are interested.

very good, you are not an amateur

Excellent. The hands and feet are in perfect porportion. There is a lot of color expression. Very good.

You're Very Talented.

I'd say "museum quality work", but most museums will take any crap off the street these days. No. You're beyond that; you're Louvre quality. Art such as yours should by rights be viewed alongside the Mona Lisa. Were he alive, Leanardo Da Vinci himself would praise you. I'd feel a fool if I didn't at least ask. . .do you sell copies? Call me an prospective customer. Message me if you want your art to be more than a mere hobby; message me if you want it to be your profession.

great use of color

I love the colors on her upper back and upper arms. The detail of the foot is wonderful too. Please keep painting!

Love it!

It's great, one of the best I've seen on here!

and then . . .

The fingers on the left hand do seem a small bit longer than the forward position of the arm would indicate. and That is the only flaw that jumped to my overly critical eye. I hope you will move on to more detailed facial composition. Please do not shy away from challenging yourself - it seems obvious to me that you can do it if you give yourself proper time and opportunity.

critique

The composition seems a bit rushed, though that might be simply your style. I see this was done in '08 but posted here in '11, have you done more since '11?

I would have to agree with Anon that the proportion of the left hand seems a touch off, though I think that is because the fingers seem larger than the hand they are attached to.
The elbow bend of the left arm would seem to indicate the upper arm was inverted - bent away from the viewer (bent in similar fashion as the right elbow), though shading seems to indicate the arm is bent TOWARDS the viewer and somewhat foreshortened.
I am slightly surprised that the recess of the spine isn't more noticeable on a person of such slight build. However, obviously, that may just be the model's natural "build."

Your use of color and shadowing is superb, for the style you use. The suggested detail of hands and feet are really quite good, and receives high marks from me (I suck at doing those so I am suitably impressed when I see someone who does it and does it well (again, while the proportion is, arguably, slightly off, the color, shadowing and hinting of detail used is par excellent)).

All in all, a rather good expression of a woman in contemplation.

Good

Very nice. I like the mood it creates.

Thanks.

Thanks for sharing. Judging a painting in this format is very difficult. And I am not a painter. BUT it looks to me as if you are going in the right direction. Keep painting.
And thanks again for sharing.
Bluejacket01

I loved the imagination it gave me!

The woman is beautifully painted. She did seem shy! Perhaps more of you then you realize?

Great job

Almost lifelike with the details

beautiful

You shouldn't be shy about your work. All your paintings are beautiful. They look so real you could almost touch them.

Potential additional views of a lovely woman

In my mind's eye I see four paintings on a wall, a hallway maybe where the usual or initial traffic flow is from left to right. As the viewer approaches he/she can see all of them, but is forced to consider them individually.
From left to right they are
::: "Simply Waiting" {nothing further needed}
::: "Surprise" {like "Simply Waiting" but looking over her left shoulder, supported on her left arm and hand, with a "Surprised Expression"}
::: "Smile" {In "Smile" she is looking over her right shoulder, supported on her right arm and hand and wearing a "Smile"}
::: "Happy" {In "Happy" she is back to leaning on and looking over her left shoulder wearing a happy face. Note that a happy face can be with or without a smile.}
There could be a fifth painting that would look very much like "Simply Waiting" but be different in subtle way(s).

Thank you for posting "Simply Waiting".

== srgeek ==

Gorgeous

This work would be beautiful as a painting, in pencil or as a photo. You've captured emotion and mood. WOW! I love it.

No Need to be Shy

Your art is amazing! You should not be shy about it at all. Would love to see more!

Give me more..I want it.

Congratulations

You're skilled and I like the mood of this work.

wonderful work

I love the way you light your subject and how your treatment of the fabric around her shows weight and substance. I am caught up in pose knowing that she is pensively pondering something either recently past or for which she is patiently waiting. My very first thought on seeing this was "What is she thinking?". I don't think I could pass this scene by without wanting to meet her and discover her thoughts.

Brief

I think that your color, form and composition is very good. The shy attitude is good also.