Quote hello everyone,i took the advice on lowering the boat on the ....like a picture of something on a wall behind her?...this has happened to me before...how am i going to make it not look like a flat wall behind her?

Jim,

My suggestion would be to perhaps make the wall like a stone breakewater. Rough cut rocks, not too regular. Make an interesting background without detracting from the main focus.

I also think you have enough happening in the drawing - you don't really need the dolphin or dog. The focus is the lovely bathing beauty, the boat sort of points to her (I am a still not sure about the pointy bit stabbing her in the head)... I tend to think adding a dog or dolphin would create confusion in the compostion. But then, I could be totally wrong!}>

I'll be interested to see what you do to this next!

Linda Weil
www.users.bigpond.net.au/lindaweil/

I understand your concern about the girl being a part of the picture. My suggestion would be make sure the girl is standing in the water. It looks as though you are intending this? I certainly wouldn't draw any more leg than is already showing and maybe a little less - you need enough water showing beneath her legs to tell the viewer that she is part of the scene.

And keep the Dolphin far enough behind her so that she wouldn't be expected to react to it. Where you are suggesting it should be would be about right (although perhaps a little smaller). It's direction works as well - it counteracts the right-facing boat and girl - as does the fact that she's not not looking forward but at the viewer.

...and I agree with Linda - I think the dog would be over-kill

MIKE

www.SibleyFineArt.com
www.Starving-Artists.net

Phil