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Originally Posted by Monique McFarland
I'm finished...let me know if I addressed the issues you all shared.
Monique
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Monique - this is a beautiful little girl, and you have done her justice. I love the subtle yet strong red of the coat. Her flesh tones are just lovely.
I was going to post this the other day, but decided against it, but upon reflection I think that if it were me in the same situation, I would want to know.
You had some camera distortion in your reference photo which caused her far eye to be slightly higher than it should, and, unfortunately, you have exaggerated this to the point where her eyes are completely misaligned. It's one of those cases where we will accept something in a photo because we're used to the lens doing that sort of wonky thing to our faces, but in a painting, it should be fixed (ideally in the drawing stage, though... sorry.).
I didn't say anything, because I didn't think it was a commission, but then I thought, if it IS a commission, or even if you plan to use it in your portfolio, you would most likely want to address that.
As Richard Schmid says: "Never knowingly leave anything wrong in your painting." (or words to that effect.)
I've flopped the detail shot horizontally - you can, I think, see what I mean.