Here is my final submissions , it was really a fun challenge ,didn't have enough time though

Great works!

Hey unrelated but how did you make your profile picture? Is it 3D rendered + painted over? The colors look so pure and matte and just beautiful. haha. I'm trying to figure out how to do something similar for a project but it's rough.

I like the textures in colleration with the expression of the subject. This one can use more color temperature variations. If this light source is very warm and illuminates the whole scene with warmth then you can add cooler transitional halftone and keep both your light and shadow warm. Also I think the light part within the shadow half of the picture needs to be darken and cooler to push back a little bit. It's so exciting to see fellow traditional painters. Sorry for commenting so much. haha.

It's a wonderful painting! Having that said I think it can benefit from some lighting clarification. Right now she looks like she's under water. If you're going for the ambient soft light sort of look, you can still group the lights and the darks into big passages first before breaking them down, whilst maintaining the hiarachy. How do you find painting oil on paper? I usually find it very absorbent and after a short while the colors would start to lose their chroma. Your colors look wonderfully rich tho. Also I think it would help if you include dimensions for your future posts.

Hi there! I just came across this on news feed. I just wanna say I love the colors and the emotions in your paintings. I especially like the purple and the green ones. I can see elements of shape design there, if anything exaggerate them even more, and clarify some smaller secondary shapes like the nose for example. It will increase the form hiararchy contrast with simpler primary forms like the overall shape of the face. If you have the opportunity to study from life it'll be very useful in understanding colors. You can even paint nature and still life and apply the light logic into your portraiture, as your colors are already invented anyway. Just my two cents. Hope that helps.

Hi! Thanks for the portfolio review. I'm Patricia from Cuba. I'm self taught, started my journey last year and I'd very much like to reach a professional level at some point. I've mostly painted portraits and character art.  I'd like to improve on a lot of things but mainly on storytelling, simplification and being able to get illustrations to a finished. I'd appreciate if you could point out strengths and weekness in my work. I don't know much about industry specific work, only that I'd like to work illustrating books some day.  

Here's my submission. Didn't have time for the last one, glad I made it for this challenge. Wish everyone the best