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"Green Elf" by A. ´Daisy´ Lee

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Green Elf by A. ´Daisy´ Lee

After looking through some of the awesome portraits on elfwood, I decided to try my hand on another brown-haired elf. Shes actually more of a chartreuse, but the scanner turned everyhing all yellowish, and darkened her hair. Originally, her dress was blue, but I changed my mind halfway through and went over it again in light green. Does anyone have hints on how to make realistic skin tones, because I just used burnt sienna straight out of the tube, and it makes her look a little sunburned. Watercolor and watercolor pencil.

Date	Name	Comment
26 Dec 2005	Sherman Skip Nodler	Loading... I get the first comment waltz ;-) I like your art. There's so much I like about this drawing. The arms, hands, neck, hair, dress. The tip of the nose though looks a little nipped off. The eye on the right side of the painting is a liitle far away from the nose, the nose should start to hide the corner of the eye with the face turned at that angle. Despite what I've just said I find this drawing very complelling. My advice with portraits is to get the eyes right and people tend to not see other problems;-) Do keep drawing! Skip A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: "Thanks for the great advice, and I'm so happy you liked this pic! I always have trouble figuring out just what is wrong with my drawings, so comments like yours that help me see the mistakes are so very helpful! "
7 Apr 2006	Eleanor 'llama' Jones	Loading... Wow i love the colouring.
7 Apr 2006	Foxxetta	Loading... I love green! This is a great portrait (I just had a go at one myself....it looked like a trolls ugly cousin. Nuff Sed.) Anyhoo, the skin tone is fine, I don't think she looks sunburnt. Evenly Tanned maybe, but never burnt. Christ, when I burn I look like a lobster! Great Work! A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: " There there, I'm sure it didn't even resemble a trolls ugly cousin Thanks for commenting!"
8 Apr 2006	Sara Cranston	Loading... Wow this looks great, I think green generally suits elves due to the nature loving stereotype that is put on them. I don't think she looks sunburnt at all, but that could be because you said the scan made her look a bit yellowish. Anyways, keep it up. I love your work and hope to see more up. A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: "Thank you very much! Hopefully I'll have a ticket in the que by next week."
8 Apr 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I really like her... I think somehow this elf looks more elvish than anything I've ever seen before! Not too sophisticated, not too loosey-goosey (D), but just pure elvish... the way they are sopposed to be! Keep up this stuff! (lack of words, wanted something unusual... 'stuff' does the trick) A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: "Wow, thank you blushes, I'm very complemented. I like your choice of words. Hehe, "loosey-goosey"..."
10 Apr 2006	Han	Loading... Hmm, she is EXACTLY how I always imagined Arwen from Lord of the Rings to look. Thats quite an acheivement! I like the neck again. You seem to do them really well. All the bone structure and everything. A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: "Thank you! It took several photo references to get her head position correct, glad you think it looks all right "
9 Jun 2006	Kristina Kongbirb	Loading... I love this pic. It's wonderful!!!!!!!!! I draw some but I can never get the hang of noses. ;]Yours is Alsome. I mostiy draw animals and mermaids. Do you like my name it's not real it was a joke I played on some boys at camp one year. It kind of stuck. A. 'Daisy' Lee replies: "Noses can be pretty difficult, but just keep practicing and they'll get easier."

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'Green Elf':

• Created by:

A. ´Daisy´ Lee
• Copyright: ©A. ´Daisy´ Lee. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Chartreuse, Elf, Green, Pencil, Portrait, Watercolor
• Categories: Elf / Elves, Head or Facial Study
• Techniques: Watercolour, Mixed Media
• Submitted: 2005-12-13 05:15:02
• Views: 690
• Resolution: 505x700

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