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Hi Pat-
I'll throw a little bit in here. Hope it helps.
This second attempt is better. It more closely approximates the likeness. But I am sorry, but I feel that there are still some drawing errors, that I will leave to people better able than I to voice.
To make it more like the child, I think you will benefit from either :
1. using a grid, as suggested, or
2. making the photo the same size as the painting, take tracing paper, trace the photo and lay it over the painting to look for drawing errors.
Many of us, including, I am convinced, the Old Masters, have certain characteristic distortions that show up when we draw. In my case, I know that I am almost certain to lengthen a head. My guess is it happens because I am used to seeing my own long, narrow head in
the mirror. I have to measure my portraits, especially the oil ones, because they can so easily go off. I also put the original and the art in Photoshop, line them up and compare. I often use the tracing paper method to check.
Before you go any further, check your measurements and make corrections. Best to take a long long time now when there is just an underpainting to deal with. You're on the right track.
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