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Hello, Chris,
Thank you for your advice and valued comments.
After more careful study, and performing the transparency overlaying in Photoshop, I have to agree that the head is too small in relation to the rest of him. I don't think that I want to reduce the size of his body and anyway, this will make him appear too tall, so I will enlarge his head to the correct size.
I also agree that the stance in the photograph with the way he holds his hand is appealing. I immediately liked this one and put this photograph forward to him as my first choice. Hhowever, he didn't like the way he held his hand and the hand resting on the chair was his choice.
He also wanted the globe included in the composition and I had to borrow a globe to copy.
I will try to tone down the colours in the globe so that it is not in competition with his head as you suggested.
I have spoken to him about his medals and, as there are so many I suggested to him that we tone them down, as if I didn't, they would be likely to dominate the painting and he did agree to this.
I will lighten the colour of the back of the chair to hopefully reduce the 'eye trap' phenomena.
Thank you again, Chris,
Barbara
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