Annie

[Jean Kelly]

Hi all,

Thank you Enzie, for your encouragement and comments. I've spent some time measuring and double checking everything and have decided to scrap this completely and am starting over. I tried to combine three different references, and it did not work. I've sanded it down and am starting over today.

Tim started a thread on beauty and zen, the portrait posted there by Bouguereau reminded me to strive for the best possible and if something looks wrong it probably is. So I start over, excited again. I've come to the conclusion that I will not do a portrait based on a picture and must meet my subject in person. Annie is not the person I painted, plus all the proportional problems. I created a "munchkin".

Jean