Sve (Svetlana Lazutkin)

[sve]

My name is Svetlana Lazutkin, short version is Sveta, nickname is sve.

I would like to improve my painting and drawing skills and study and apply on practice color theory, perspective, appealing brushwork, expressing atmosphere in paintings and other useful things. Shortcomings: I don't paint freely, too self conscious. I need to learn how define form with a minimum brush strokes and minimum values.

My sketchbook: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50857&page=20

Three examples of my artwork I like:

[sve]

What I don't like:
For saccharine taste:

[steve kim]

like audrey kawasaki's (http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/) work?

[sve]

Art that I like, three examples:
Simon Fellah for the mystery and enigma in the image.
Scott Altmann for the longing, hypnotic effect and erotic appeal in the image.
OK, I can't find the photo I posted earlier as a third example... so here the painting I love by Lukias. I love it for fresh, fine, delicate feeling and yep, erotica again :).

[sve]

Week1, homework, portrait (90 min)

[sve]

Yes, Steve, saw her work, thank you for the link, she painted a lot of new ones... I like her work moderately. She exploits just one idea and my interest is thinning. I understand why you remembered about her... mood in her artwork is the same: intoxication (close to Scott's piece).

[sve]

Week2... 30min portrait.

[sve]

week 2 homework: personal work



Well,I can't call it finished, but deadline is in one hour... though...
It will be heap of crits I'm sure :).

[steve kim]

i'm assuming this is invented? (since no reference is posted)

steve

[sve]

Well. I look at many pictures, but there is no ref in particularly... you are right calling it as indefinite "this", hahahah, it is sure an awkward creature :). First crit is spot on :).

[sve]

Week 3 Homework Studies...

state how what you are doing, why you're doing it, and why you think it will be an effective way of learning/improving.

I'm making studies of values and color recognitions, just trying to find right tone and hue. Another goal was to work on my brush economy. I think it is an effective way to learn because there is no other tool to measure, just my eyes: and feeling of balance, I'm training myself to see nuances.

1. Study of hands from a photo.
2. Study from life. Mushrooms.
3. Teapot, study from photo ref. Trying to match the colors and values.

[steve kim]

where is the ref for the mushroom?

when you are finished witch each study make sure to put them side by side in one image, 1280x720 w/ your name like the previous hw

[sve]

Week three, homework.

Steve, I mentioned it in my last post, the mushrooms are painted from a real life. They actually have got darken and wrinkled pretty much in the end. No sense to take any ref photos.
I repost hand gesture again and mushrooms the way you said you wanted them..