That's true, but she wasn't even telling me whether it was the face or the body that bothered her - although I assumed it was the face, since it usually is. It helps if I have a general idea of where the client thinks it's off-kilter. Of course once you fix the mouth the naso-labial folds will need correction, and so forth, but personally I need a starting point at least. And as you said, Michele, sometimes they think it's the mouth, but it's actually the contours around it, or the jawline. That's our job to figure out once we've been alerted to a problem. But sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees after I've been focussing on something for awhile.
I've been working on the painting this morning and will try to have something to post today or tomorrow so I can see whether I'm on the right track.
Thanks again.
Leslie
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