One of the pieces I had previously posted was one of Myrrha
and Cinyras, after looking back on the image I had done, I have realised that
it looked unpleasant and cluttered, the drawing of the figures look unprofessional,
the paint work was poor as there is no concept of colour or tonality, the
bordering looks shabby and the image is cluttered. So I decided to recreate the
image in a different way,
The image is of the same concept, that Myrrha has ran into
the forest after tricking her father into incestuous activities, and the gods heard her cries to be punished,
and turned her into a tree.
I believe the second image is a lot more successful than the
original, the composition gives it a greater effect of a solid structure, and I
have avoided cluttering the image with unnecessary items which draws focus to
the main feature.
I have added certain things to give the image to give the appearance
of a tree, such as the leaves at the end of the woman's hands and in her hair,
and the look of roots entwined with her lower legs.
