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Hi guys,
Thanks so much for your thoughts. I really wanted to make this painting special. I went out for breakfast, then for a little drive in the country, got your input and went straight to work. Phew. At least two hours work and it doesn't look like much at all.
Marcus: I lowered the values in the light areas of her face on the one side a little . Let's call it a compromise. You are right, of course, but I am as yet unwilling to go as far as the photo reference calls for.
Cynthia: The first thing I dealt with was that catch light. I promise that I will never, never do it again.
Tricia: Painting flesh overly warm is a problem of mine that I am working on. I will go some way towards blaming my tools in that I think the original post was too warm. I took the pic on the south side of the house in the shade, this one I took on the north side. Anyway, I am aware of my need to use more cools. Thanks.
Brenda: I worked hard on the eyes. I will look at them again tomorrow. Right now I'm going to work on a landscape. Big brushes. No eyelids.
Michele: Thanks. Please let me know how I did.
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