>> | No.2 >Poorly mixed colours, quite 'muddy' looking in parts. >Plain face, but still somehow overworked compared to the rest of the painting. >The swallows are a very poor attempt at symbolism.. >Shapeless dress. >Shapeless girl. >Awkward pose. >Artist has clearly spent most of their career learning to draw daisies, but this is the clear limit of their talent at this time. >Isn't modelled on Lizzie, Effie or Jane, which would have at least given it some Pre-Raph cred. >His later Ophelias are much better, but the models are ugly as sin. |