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I think that the face of the figure is the only finished area of the painting. The rest of the figure would benefit greatly from the amount of care that was taken with the face. The anatomy of the left arm tucked under the right could use some work as well as the raised right hand. The extra arms to the side are good although the right hand breaking the format interferes with the flow of the overall painting. I would suggest pulling it in so that all the fingers are visible and some negative space exists between it and the border.
The clothing should also be reworked. I would find or photograph some reference of this type of dress and work it in. Finally, I would add some more tonal gradation to the helmet, perhaps even giving it a chrome like surface. The flatness that the helmet has now really takes away from the beauty of the face.
This piece has a lot of potential and I think with some reworking it could come together really nice. I hope I was helpful!
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Ah, but I have no intention of wasting any further time on it. It is and was always meant to be an exercise. What is rough will remain rough and actually I had meant it to be even rougher as an experiment, but I just had to futz about with her face. Someday I may even do one the way I see in my head which is almost more light and color than distinct form. Thanks though. Love to hear from you.

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Maria Aragon
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Seriously, I may not let her survive. I've developed comfort levels with some dimensions when I paint and this sort of size I no longer like much at all. I'm trying to get rid of some 'old' ideas in my head so I can go crazy with color in my next 'series'. Can you tell I'm a little bored?

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Maria Aragon
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Forgot to mention: the camera cut off the edge of her other hand. Her fingertips come right to the edge, but the camera distorts with certain lengths of canvas - which makes me a little mental.

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Maria Aragon
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No problem. Always good to discuss art seriously, which is almost unheard of on this website.

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I've kind of noticed that. I am really over-eager to be done with this writing. I thought I had finished, but then this story rose up out of nothingness and would not leave me in peace until I dealt with it. My concentration is nothing of what it should be when I paint, which drives me to distraction. I may, once this writing ordeal is done, go back and tinker with Athena, but right now...to quote the immortal Charlie Brown: ARGH!

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Maria Aragon

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