First Attempt- nudity -proper woman

[shoelaura]

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Hi
Im new here, so hello, this is my first attempt at a full figure in oil, its 5ft x 3ft and irts been an enjoyable struggle thou its not finished yet, i know its not anatomically perfect, my fella made the canvas frame b4 I decded what figure to use, so it was a case intially of making her fit and finding a pose that i could do with some challenge to it ,but not to over complicate it for my first attempt. As you can see I had to re work it alot in the beginning, I still have the head , hair and arm to work on and a few other thing to faff with, but would welcome any feedback.
Thanks
Laura

[woodbert]

The bottom painting really strikes me. It's very fluid and natural feeling. More importantly it's impressive that you are willing to work on a larger canvas like that.

[ThatsNotPoetry]

Woodbert, it's the same painting, just closer to completion.

Looking really cool, dude. Keep it up. Post updates.

[ThatsNotPoetry]

>_> so, was it necessary for you to turn into an ass, right there? Christ, dude x_X;

[jfrancis]

I think the figure could use some more contrast in values, and the values should be chosen and placed to convey the form better. Right now you have different hues in the skin, but not too much in the way of different values.

[woodbert]

My apologies Effing, It was meant to be humorous not to offend, No hard feelings I hope. :)