Painting please help me

[sergio2263]

Hi Everyone,

Please help me I am stuck on what to use for background with this photo please see links thanks. Also the skin tones shall I tone down the saturations. I am still working on the photo there are lots to do with it yet.

Any advice would be much appreciated. I would love to know what others would do with it with regards to skin tones and background. I would like the skins, clothes go together with the background. I have already tried a white background and dark blue background but not sure. Please advice me.

Many thanks in advance. I've attached two editted versions and the original


http://www.pbase.com/mstmart/image/128577020

http://www.pbase.com/mstmart/image/128577027

http://www.pbase.com/mstmart/image/128577035



helen

[Lush]

Hi Helen,

I think the background blends well with the clothes. I appreciate version 1 but would reduce dodge and burning in the face (too much shadow under chin and cheek) as well as smoothing. Color is great and eyes are perfectly sharp.

Best regards

Lush

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by Lush

Hi Helen,

I think the background blends well with the clothes. I appreciate version 1 but would reduce dodge and burning in the face (too much shadow under chin and cheek) as well as smoothing. Color is great and eyes are perfectly sharp.

Best regards

Lush

Thank you for your reply Lush appreciate it I haven't done any dodge and burn I think it's the strong saturate colours I did play with curves and levels and done some colour correct. Thanks for the nice comment for the yes the background is originally blue I wanted use a different background as this is going to be a painting but don't know which other colour apart from the original colour will blend well.

Best wishes

helen

[palms]

Helen

i think one of the hardest parts is trying to get the background right ! ! !
personally i would leave the background blue but tone the blue done some and maybe the face skin tones a bit as well, but it really is all down to personal taste
after saying that you have done a great job and would like to see your final outcome

Palms

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by palms1

Helen

i think one of the hardest parts is trying to get the background right ! ! !
personally i would leave the background blue but tone the blue done some and maybe the face skin tones a bit as well, but it really is all down to personal taste
after saying that you have done a great job and would like to see your final outcome

Palms

Thanks Palms for your critique appreciated it yes I agree after trying the background in white and other colour it didn't look right I will stick to the original blue and add another darker blue around the light blue tone I agree about the face also I found it too saturated I might tone down the red I have tried it already and it's a bit better the photographer's photos tend to be quite reddish for starters sometimes that makes it hard to work with especially with painting.


I will upload the final work on my gallery for more critiques.

be well


helen

[palms]

Helen

something else for you to try
add some extra canvas around the three sides of the boy
that bit of extra space seems to add something ( but i did only try it roughly ) see what you think !


palms

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by palms1

Helen

something else for you to try
add some extra canvas around the three sides of the boy
that bit of extra space seems to add something ( but i did only try it roughly ) see what you think !


palms

I can't see your edit would you mind post it on the forum many thanks

[palms]

Helen
This is a even faster version than i originally tried ( i dont save them when i have had a quick look so to speak )
so this is just for you to have a quick look at what i mean by a bit more space and i did tone the background colour down a bit
( please forgive me i know the extraction is terrible but it was quite literally a 2 mins job )

Palms

[sergio2263]

Originally Posted by palms1

Helen
This is a even faster version than i originally tried ( i dont save them when i have had a quick look so to speak )
so this is just for you to have a quick look at what i mean by a bit more space and i did tone the background colour down a bit
( please forgive me i know the extraction is terrible but it was quite literally a 2 mins job )

Palms

Thanks very much Palms looks very good to me I will add light and darker blue for the background I think only blue will suit the photo.