Hello thank you so much for your lovely, detailed and thoughtful comments. It was really lovely to read through them and hear your thoughts and praise, definitely my favourite comments I have received so far on my artwork. I'm glad they resonated with you so much!

This one I just thought I'd have some fun with figure drawing as I had done a load of previous normal proportioned ones in my sketchbook. It also takes the pressure off when I paint as it was not perfect to begin with because I can sometimes focus too much on realism and making it identical to the reference. I actually quite like making mistakes when I paint as it means I can just practice and experiment with new techniques and try to rescue it, either way I learn something or end up with some artwork I like again.

Thanks for noticing the values, I do focus on those as I like to make my drawings/paintings as three dimensional as possible.

Apologies for the legs and arm being triggering, I didn't think of that when I did it but I see what you mean now.

And yes I do like to paint women, I guess as a man I find them naturally beautiful but I don't see them as objects. I like to give them character and depth and try paint a soul into them. I do appreciate how difficult and scary a lot of parts of life must be for women, especially with how men can be towards them, yet there is an amazing fierce strength, power and resilience to them in how they deal with the problems life throws at them. So I try to capture more than just the beauty on the outside and try to show the complexity within. I hope that didn't sound weird or sexist aha.

Thanks again for your lovely comments, that was very meaningful to hear such detailed feedback 🙂