Great minds think alike!

Michele, I swear my kids are going to bury me with lipstick on my teeth. I'll fix that, I have yet to blend the edges.

When you look at the photo's of Katie do you see the difference in her eyes? So you think I should bring the lid down? I might give it a go in photoshop then look at it again. Thanks!

The only photo of her that shows this eyes-wide-open look is the one at the top left and it's definitely a deer-in-the-headlights look.

In the other photos her eyes look more relaxed and natural. In those photos the amount of the top half of the iris that can be seen is much less.

To a lesser extent, the staring look she has in the painting (in the eye on our left, particularly) is due to the sharpness of all those eye edges and the extreme contrast between the iris and the white of her eye.

Round 500!

Here is the current progress:

It is still wet in some spots, so if you see something wrong it is most likely the glare!;)

Here is the close-up:

I think you'll never be able to get those eyes quite right until you correct the overall features that are misaligned. To see this more easily, I reoriented the face to a horizontal/vertical axis based on a line between the center of the eyes and the center of the face.

I drew lines to point out some of the areas of misalignment and uneven measurement. If you correct these, the eyes will become a piece of cake.

I am not sure if this is ready for posting, but I figured everyone could suffer or rejoice with me! ;)

I'll show the detail first.

Here is the full figure.

Such an improvement over where it started! Very nice.

After much reading here, and in a few suggested books, I made quite a few changes to this piece. I am posting it in the unveiling section under "3 different completions". Comments are still welcome!