Holy Spirit

I never quite know how to rate people with the stars system, so I've opted to give you 5 stars on everything <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)" />

It's truly a lovely, striking image. I'm so used to your images having really strong figures with little or no background. To see this with such lovely glowing clouds is really something else. I would love to see more watercolor backgrounds from you, as you seem to have a good level of control (certainly no easy feat with watercolor). The figure itself seems so otherworldly, so divine. There is a lot of majesty and grace embedded in the equine form and you've definitely captured that.

Your shading seems to get better and better with each piece you upload. I don't always find time to comment, but I've seen tremendous growth from you since I started watching you. I feel that this image is a prime example of that.

There are only two things I'd like to address, and they are pretty minor <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)" />. Firstly, the wings. Forgive my lack of knowledge where anatomical wording is concerned. I adore the way you've shaded the feathers. Your shading technique is very stylized, which I have always loved. Also you have managed (from what I can tell) correct feather placement! Kudos <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Big Grin)" />. The trouble I am having is with the placement of the bone structure. It looks to me like the wrist and elbow joints are very close together in that little zig zag by the equine's head. Usually, where wings wrap around is at the wrist joint. I like to compare wings to arms (a helpful tutorial can be found here [link]). If you hold your arms up in a similar way, I think you'll see what I mean. Wings definitely aren't easy, and I don't think I would have noticed if not for being one who looks closely at artwork (and this piece defintiely begs for a closer look! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h…" width="15" height="13" alt="" title="Heart" />).

The second thing I want to address is the hind leg that is closest to the viewer. It looks like there is a lump close to the belly. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but I find my eye drawn to that as it travels down the image.

Again, kudos for this. I don't often give advanced critique, so I apologize for the word overload <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/a/a…" width="19" height="19" alt="" title="Sweating a little..." />. Thanks for sharing this lovely image, and pleeeeaassee spoil us watchers with more! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h…" width="15" height="13" alt="" title="Heart" />♥