You are a lovley painter, and I love your work, but I was dissapointed that certain elements here seem off. The background and the subject are very seprate. By this I mean that it seems that the girl is not part of the paining in whole, almost as if she was not part of her surroundings. I feel that this sort of seperation can best be compared to an actor in front of a greenscreen. The actor pretends to be in a certain setting, and the setting is faked by means of computers. The actor may have the correct lighting and makeup, but is by no means actually in the surroundings/the scene. (I'm sorry if this is a smidge confuzing!)
A similar effect is taken place here, where the subject seems seprate from the background, as though each element came individually, only to be peiced together. This makes it seem unnatural and choppy.
Do not thake me wrong- I do love the individual parts of the painting yet each element seems just that, individual and disjointed. I was sad to find this was the case in this painting, as most of your works are known for being beautiful as a whole, single peice-not seprate elements on a canvas. It lacks the vision and flow I expected. (As I am comparing these elments to your watercolours, and this is oil-mind you this is mearly the matters of technique and placement)
Onto the praise: I love the girl, as her expression and features have been done beautifully. The shadows and shading subsituting for the individual hairs works splendidly here, and softens the face's great detail. I find the freckles wonderfully placed and very well coloured. Onto the eye closest to the viewer- the shadows seem to wrap around in a circle, and the placement of the skin and eyelids gives an idea of where the physical eyeball may exist, and gives much dimention to the eye area (a wonderful thing to find, as opposed to the flatter eyes that seem warped and squished.) Dont even get me started on the colouring of the mouth and hair-I don't think I'll ever stop talking! Moving onto my favourite parts of the background. The sky fades in a magical sort of way, shifting between hues with a dreamy blend. The dash of yellow on the grass in the distance gives the backgound life and intrest- and the toumbstones are found to have been painted in a way is striking-by being blended just enough, yet still stays clear and sharp.
I could go on forever about this peice, but I mustpost this critique eventually if it is to ever serve its purpose!

Great work Agnes! I especially like the added worn/grunge/crack/ripped segment in the hair section. A good little extra visual feel to it . A complete opposite from your normal offerings to DA but, still that unmistakebale Agnes style of emotiveness and realism. I look at this and actually feel like i should offer her a cup of hot soup and a warm fire to dry out. She looks totally photographically really drenched and the hair is absolutely marvelously correct. The eyes! What can be said about them that i have'nt already said on previous occassions about your DA artwork. The realiism of the way you do eyes speaks for itself. Beautifully done once again sweetheart
Carlos .
PS. For those of you who don't speak/understand Italian, this title translates as, 'ON A RAINY DAY'.