The other woman walking in the distance is an important element in the composition of this picture. The guy on the rocks is attracted by a beautiful but fake holy creature. In my view, the person with the red backpack symbolizes the real and genuine LOVE... but it is actually going away from him. Hopefully he will take the right decision before it's too late (it's just my own interpretation, I understand you might see something completely different, I even encourage this).
This is a photo I took during my trip in Spain, while I was walking the "Camino de Santiago de Compostela" (some 700 hundreds kilometers in a few weeks). I met some amazing pilgrims during this journey.
I also made the drawing. If you wish, you can view here the work in progress, some details and the scene from another angle.
Happy New Year. Let love invade our lives in 2012.
(The above picture has been shot with the Samsung NX11)
Update: See THIS VIDEO showing some 18 Pencil Vs Camera images in progress (with a small animation and original music). _________________________________________________
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It is all about you Every day that I wake Like a symphony new In its moment and take Every dream that's awhile Of the echoes go Form and its somber style That we both now know
It is all about love Every day and dark night Moving clouds of above Till the sun comes up bright Every wandering going by In their trips and desire Burning sun setting sky That's in the glow of its fire
Love is all about this That you keep and you long Like a morning freshly bliss In a springtime new song All that comes and is staying With its gold spurring thought In the times of its saying That each love has on taught
Your pencil vs camera works are legendary! I first found them on stumble upon and am proud to be critiquing them though I can't find anything wrong with them.
This is an intensely deep picture, I like how mystic and exotic the paper woman is, and the broken heart also adds a lot to the meaning. It appears as though be piled up those rocks one by one in order to reach up to this beautiful woman and not only did she break his heart but she is not even real. While he is chasing this fantasy, A woman so walking by and he could miss her (perhaps the woman he is meant to be with?) I am amazed at the skill and thought that wend into this piece of art!! You are an insanely talented artist. Keep being amazing
It has the classic use of the colour blue for the background, and the texture of the clouds creates a very interesting effect; stormy, with clear skies peaking through from behind.
The almost-bleak blues complement the colours of the rock pile and the grass nicely: colour wise, the only things that really stand out is the grass in the foreground and the red backpack that the person, presumably a woman, in the midground is wearing.
The composition isn't 100%. The lines of the mountains and the clouds on the right help to draw the eye off the picture to try and see the wrist that is holding up the sketch.
The sketch is an intriguing choice - at first I thought the woman was supposed to be an embodiment of mother nature, and that the broken heart was supposed to show some sort of symbolism in accordance with the person walking away. (Is the man choosing between his love of nature and his love for the person?) Seeing Cupid though, I decided that the woman in the sketch is probably Aphrodite (with a similar back-story).
The symbolism of the person walking down the long road that seemingly goes on forever hints at a break-up or rejection of some kind, either emotionally or mentally. This is supported by the broken heart that Aphrodite and the man is holding.
While I really like this piece it is not my favourite of your Pencil VS Camera collection, though I do believe it to be a very successful example of art.
This is jst wonderful. I love it. It's almost as if your hand is pulling the drawn woman away so he can notice the woman with the red backpack before it's too late.It's just beautiful.
Your intent for the piece actually shows through quite well, at least to my eyes. I see him reaching for healing from the goddess figure, but then my eye is drawn downward to the woman on the pathway, moving away, more luminous than the artificial figure above. His focus seems to have been drawn down to her, however, as he pauses in his joining of hearts with the goddess... perhaps, in a moment, he will go down from his pile of debris and follow...
Do I even have to explain why I love your works? Not only do you create beautiful art but you prove how good you are with photography and sketching by putting the two together.
This is an intensely deep picture, I like how mystic and exotic the paper woman is, and the broken heart also adds a lot to the meaning. It appears as though be piled up those rocks one by one in order to reach up to this beautiful woman and not only did she break his heart but she is not even real. While he is chasing this fantasy, A woman so walking by and he could miss her (perhaps the woman he is meant to be with?) I am amazed at the skill and thought that wend into this piece of art!! You are an insanely talented artist. Keep being amazing
The almost-bleak blues complement the colours of the rock pile and the grass nicely: colour wise, the only things that really stand out is the grass in the foreground and the red backpack that the person, presumably a woman, in the midground is wearing.
The composition isn't 100%. The lines of the mountains and the clouds on the right help to draw the eye off the picture to try and see the wrist that is holding up the sketch.
The sketch is an intriguing choice - at first I thought the woman was supposed to be an embodiment of mother nature, and that the broken heart was supposed to show some sort of symbolism in accordance with the person walking away. (Is the man choosing between his love of nature and his love for the person?) Seeing Cupid though, I decided that the woman in the sketch is probably Aphrodite (with a similar back-story).
The symbolism of the person walking down the long road that seemingly goes on forever hints at a break-up or rejection of some kind, either emotionally or mentally. This is supported by the broken heart that Aphrodite and the man is holding.
While I really like this piece it is not my favourite of your Pencil VS Camera collection, though I do believe it to be a very successful example of art.
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