Mari,
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I can't quite read the form of the mouth
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The photo in person is much better as far as reading the mouth, as well as the color and outer line of her profile. It all looks fuzzy here - poor quality digital shot I guess. Her mouth is really very defined and from the profile is much easier to paint than the front view. I usually mess up everyone's nose and I enjoy painting/drawing profile noses - so much easier.
I also think the embroidered shirt will be very much simplified - it is one of those retro 70's shirts they are all wearing now. The shirts I wore when I was in college - but now they are all much differently colored.
Thank you so much for your attention. I will post after a few more days to get advice on the progress I have made.
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one option is to eliminate (the window) altogether and just give it a classical dark background
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Thank you Mike, I am going to do just that, but I think I will put a little of the window in it. Since it's 24" x 30" I think I need something to have her doing on the viewer's left side since she is obviously gazing out the window or something like that. I want to make the outside very hazy-ish.
John,
Thanks for the comments and advice. I already have realized that eye has some strange things going on. I need to get her to pose for me in that same position when I get to it a little more detailed. Right now I am adjusting value, color and planes.
Any advice from anyone on getting this blonde color of hair would be much appreciated also. I sometimes get it too green in my attempts to not get it too yellow!
Thanks again for the help and look for it soon as a painting to continue to give this much need critique !