The second one - did you carve out the lines, between her arms and her legs? That's what it looks like.
Technically, the first one's better. It has an airy, almost lifelike quality that seems to be missing in the second one. However, if i've got my proportions right, then maybe when these two are hanging next to each other - 1 on the right and 2 on the left - then it'll balance out and look okay.
It's indeed very different than your usual non-photography work - it's not abstract. With your abstract works, it seems you've reached and stabilized on a certain artistic maturity level. (Artistic maturity: the ability to communicate what you intended to communicate, with a fair level of complexity.) Here, it's still a little more raw - understandable, considering you've done less works of this kind.
(And yes, I pretty much said in there that put together, these two are a little more remindful of your photography than your mixed media.)
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Technically, the first one's better. It has an airy, almost lifelike quality that seems to be missing in the second one. However, if i've got my proportions right, then maybe when these two are hanging next to each other - 1 on the right and 2 on the left - then it'll balance out and look okay.
It's indeed very different than your usual non-photography work - it's not abstract. With your abstract works, it seems you've reached and stabilized on a certain artistic maturity level. (Artistic maturity: the ability to communicate what you intended to communicate, with a fair level of complexity.) Here, it's still a little more raw - understandable, considering you've done less works of this kind.
(And yes, I pretty much said in there that put together, these two are a little more remindful of your photography than your mixed media.)