I like the portrait. Very sensitive.

Peter

Beth,

Congratulations on a work well done. I am happy to see that you are making such wonderful progress. I am looking forward to seeing more.

Very moody color scheme, which seems to fit the subject perfectly.

I wanted to offer you a tip for when you photograph your paintings. The edges of the canvas are quite bowed out, especially at the top and bottom. Be sure you're not using a wide angle lens (or if it's a point-and-shoot camera be sure to zoom in a bit). That will give you nice straight edges to your canvases in photos.

Thanks again all!

Michele I am having the hardest time with distorting my paintings, I have even tried levelers. They would look so much better without the distortion, that is why I left the edges crooked, so you would know they were not right. I am shooting digital. ;C

Michele thanks!

I am attaching the new shots of Marius, were I toned down his check and nose shadow. I left the mouth alone so Jean could still enjoy! ;)

Here is a new close-up. I am not sure why this digital is picking up such an intense green on his forehead. It is not there.

I certainly see why the pro's just send them to a photographer!

For thirty bucks I can get a local high end photo studio to shoot excellent 4x5 inch color transparencies of my work. I do this for all my completed paintings, in addition to the digital shots I take for my website and portfolio.

Hi Beth
 

Glad you're leaving the mouth alone. :sunnysmil

Jean