To open a discussion with several other members, I hope, it is not easy to start a discussion:
Indeed, you have a painting style that has not been imitated, so personal, which is your signature, your trademark, I would say.
It gives the subjects treated an intensity to each character and gets an impact only when you combine several characters together, more than individually.
The heavy lining 6between colours and body parts is giving the sensation of these stain glasses we observe in christian churches. What is perhaps reduced is the tri-dimensional sensation more developed by the combination of lightenings and shadows which are here reduced to the minimum.
One can only do comparison between the two styles, not bring comments on improving or changing without having to affect this stainglass quality.*
Some lights and shadows do exist, but to a minimum, like the stain glasses on large uniform surfaces like the tents and barrels.
It is a choice, giving to the whole of your work a strong unity and style , very pleasant to look at, also because visibility of the characters at such a small scale is clear and neat.
This heavy black lining prevents you also to paint casted shadows top down or from protubing arms, weapons on bodies and horses.
The last picture appears to me a bit underexposed, giving some dark characters, and rendering the scenery a bit sad,[size=78%] and the characters not distiguisable from each others. [/size]
you could perhaps paint them with different 'values' of from each other, i.e. the characters upfront the scene generally clearer than characters staying behind who would be painted darker, to give some depth to the scene, as you can't change their size, and the painted light indicates a zenithal lightening.
Good work !!!
