I've got his face, stance, and the twinkle. Client very happy. Now I can actually concentrate on what you were saying Michele. And I get it. I'm going to the gallery with her on Fri to pick out the frames for both this and his charcoal drawing so have time to some value massing in the background.
My concern with the version you posted is that it almost looks like nightime, I get what you're saying but am unsure of how to accomplish softening the background without making it much darker and losing the "light". Do you have any suggestions or other work I can look at? I need to keep the forest green and golds in the background and foreground because inadvertently I duplicated the colors in the room this will be in. (I had never been in their home) Must be another 'right-brain" thing.
Thank you for the time spent on this, Michele. I know this will be a better piece because of your input.
Jean
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