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Old 02-01-2006, 09:27 AM   #3
Mischa Milosevic Mischa Milosevic is offline
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Hello, this is a wonderful portrait and I truly mean that. Not shure of your choices of photos but to my eye this is a good choice. Mama will be so pleased.

I hope you will not mind that I have a few suggestions that in my humble opinion could shed some light. These suggestions can be considered even at this stage as you will see for they are about adding rather than subtracting. This is best explained on canvas so please excuse the scratches. 1 & 2 do not relate which makes the neckline stand out a bit. 3 & 4 can be toned down some even though it is considered a light reason being they stick out in relation to the solid form. Toning down the ear area where indicated will push it back and conform to the overall value of the form. 5 could be pushed in just a touch at same time considering the gesture line of the face. There mite be other value and sharpness or softness of line touches but I
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