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Thank you all for your input.
Steven,
I have extreme close-ups for the facial features, so rendering the eyes is a concern, but not a great big one. Thanks to some great examples in a couple of great books by Ann Kullberg and, of course, Chris Saper, I have a few ideas on handling the whites. By all means paint away. I will even email you a higher res image if you want. Just do me a favor and don't post it. Yours would probably look better than mine and my poor self-image would be permanently crushed!
Chris,
I will recheck the head sizes, but looking at the unretouched photo it has the same "feel." I created a new layer and drew nose line, eye line, and mouth line and then made the "new" head 50% transparent and matched them in size. The boy is relatively small for a seven year old. He is only an inch or two taller than his three year old sister! That Norman Rockwell horizontal line shows up frequently in my reference photos. The wind had blown her dress onto his leg. I have a photo where that is not the case. Of course I could fix it without a photo. At least with 12 years of art school I should be able to!
Elizabeth,
The dress is a concern of mine as well. I have a name for this now. I call it the Strassburg syndrome. I could create their catalog with all of the reference pictures with their dresses. When I do my preliminary work I will try trimming it down and seeing if that makes a difference. I think her mother wanted that porcelain doll effect.
Mike,
As always, meddle away whenever you please. Unfortunately the doll has to stay. I do have pictures with its face turned more towards the camera. It helps. I (along with their dad) did nix the son's old stuffed bunny.
Rebecca
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