[Rob Sullivan]

Good gravy. Pastel #2, and it looks like this. I think I know how Jimmie feels, a bit. If I saw someone's second oil painting on this level of quality, I'd have the wakizashi poised at my abdomen. Or, at least, I'd have a big, art-themed garage sale.

I can't see what could be "off", as you say, with your flesh palette. The temperatures, chroma and hue shifts are subtle and seem just right in this piece. What a soft and pleasing portrait. Fine work, indeed!