I won't paint someone with an open mouth! A grin oftentimes looks so goofy in a painting....
Thanks for the gift of these words Peggy (and I find them worth repeating)....I have memorized them and will use them in my closing arguement when I have a client that balks at "my rules."
"......In the event that one needs to work from photographs, the photographs should represent life. When taking photographs, I place the subject in a pose that they could hold for 40 hours if they had to. If my subject can hold a full on smile for 40 hours, than I'll consider painting that."
Hybrid Mode
