Dystopia by Gavin Hicks

Nice to see you on this site, well painted on your picture.

Gavin, just a tip. Take your photo straight on with no angle - you could stand over it or place it level with you. Crop the edges and edit before you post, we’ll have a better view of it. Good to see your painting.

Thanks for the feedback folks, duly noted. Art is a sidebar for me at the moment, still fairly new to it. I wanted to see how transferable the skills of figure painting are to actual paintings so i decided to give it a try. G

Welcome, Marjorie has given you some good advice, look forward to seeing more

Interesting work Gavin. As Marjorie has suggested, a flat view and edited to edges of your work gives us all the best view. Welcome to POL. Hope to see more of your work.

Yeah, maybe I was a bit hasty with the photography, thanks for the advice. I've noticed there are some fantastic paintings on here by yourselves. Is it down to endless practice or does the natural talent have to be there to achieve top quality output?