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Jennifer Geary · 10-17-2002, 12:25 PM

Thanks everyone for getting back to me so quickly! I agree with you 100% about the photo! However, it gets a little tricky, considering that this girl drowned 3 years ago and her mom is just coming to grips with being able to get a portrait done. She feels that this picture represents her daughter the most. Any thoughts on how I should handle this? Do I attempt to paint this as best as I can, giving her a discount if it doesn't turn out right? I am in the corner with this one. How would YOU handle this?

I played around with the image in Photoshop a bit. I cut the girl out of her old background and placed her on this new one...just a thought. I did a watercolor filter to see how this would look painted.

Thanks, everyone, for helping me with this!!!

10-17-2002, 12:25 PM	#9
Jennifer Geary Associate Member Joined: Nov 2001 Location: Winchester, TN Posts: 85	whew, indeed! Thanks everyone for getting back to me so quickly! I agree with you 100% about the photo! However, it gets a little tricky, considering that this girl drowned 3 years ago and her mom is just coming to grips with being able to get a portrait done. She feels that this picture represents her daughter the most. Any thoughts on how I should handle this? Do I attempt to paint this as best as I can, giving her a discount if it doesn't turn out right? I am in the corner with this one. How would YOU handle this? I played around with the image in Photoshop a bit. I cut the girl out of her old background and placed her on this new one...just a thought. I did a watercolor filter to see how this would look painted. Thanks, everyone, for helping me with this!!! Attached Images __________________ Jennifer Redstreake Geary