I can tell you put a ton of effort into this piece, particularly in the background with all of those soldiers. I also like your little details in the sky, all of those doves flying, and the other angel/ghostly silhouettes on the right.

Your choice of dark and ruddy colors for the ground and soldiers works very well with the theme of this piece, and the brilliant white of the angel and her wings compliments the piece well, however, I think a bit more work could be done on the angel herself. She looks a bit unfinished compared with the background. I would advise making her little tears stand out a bit more, or perhaps furrowing her brow, giving her a facial expression, to denote her emotion. Her face looks a little to unemotive for the emotion this piece seems to convey.

My other suggestion would be to add a little more definition to the wings, but that may be just a personal preference.

Keep up the lovely work <3

This piece is stunning. The fact that you took the time to paint all those soldiers, and to quite a level of detail too, really gives this piece an epic feeling, if that makes sense Looking at this piece, I can feel the horror of the battle that just took place.

The colours you have chosen really reflect the muddy and bloody nature of battles, and then there's the angel who stands out as a sign of hope. But then you see the blood and the arrow in her chest, and you realise even an angel couldn't survive that fight. It's a really nice effect.

I have to say, the angel's wings are beautiful! The details again help give this painting more impact. I also like the angle of the wings, they fit nicely in the frame of the picture.

One thing I would say however, is that the angel's face doesn't give the impression she's been shot with an arrow and possibly dying. There's no pain there. She could possibly be numb to the pain, but then I wouldn't say she looks numb either. Also, I didn't know she was crying until I viewed the details because I couldn't see the tears (that could just be my laptop though, the screen doesn't have great colours)


I find this piece very believable, i.e. everything looks like it could be that way in real life (if angels and ghosts could be seen). For example, the spears/various weapons protruding from the corpses have a nice variety of angles, and the angles look right, like the soldiers fell and did not move.


This piece invokes a lot of feeling in me, which I think good paintings should do.