Chris,
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I will try to work around it if: ...
-I have the skill to paint it well (this will clearly exclude the organza blouse Princess Diana wore in Nelson Shanks's portrait!!);
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You have a masterful way of revealing a truth by denying it. Certainly your style would be different from Shanks', but the only thing standing between you and such a blouse would be your belief in yourself. There is not a doubt that given such an oportunity, you would rise to the challenge. You will hard pressed to convince me otherwise.
For me, on the other hand, every attempt at portriature is a challenge of that same magnitude, which is why I am so thankful for this forum.
You answered my question partially, but only because I probably don't know some stuff you might expect me to know. My problem is that I am self-taught by reading and experimenting. (In fact, my art education is so incomplete I still think that when something is painted, it should be recognisable, a precept mostly ignored by the cubists and other progressive thinkers.)
Anyway, my trouble is I don't have an inherent knack for colors, so I will have to learn some rules, then learn to apply them. Normally, I would use the color wheel and try to discern a suitable color scheme - complimentary, triadic, etc. But to my eye, the clothing of the couple does not come together nicely.
I will post a photo so you can see the colors. ***This is not my reference photo,*** but shows their color quite well. It's lit by only a window on an overcast day and the shadows are filled with a large white reflector.
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The color harmony you choose will gain its unity from the colors of light and shadow, and the overall painting from its value scheme.
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Those words leave me feeling I missed the whole class except for the closing statement. Could you elaborate on the statement as one might apply it to this photo (composition aside?)