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Hi Michele,
I love the feel of this painting: cozy, snuggly, fresh. The composition adds to that impression, and I think that cushion edge helps to visually "nest" these children. You have captured a wonderful relationship. I like your paint handling, too.
Kim and Lisa are right about Sargent's subjects. They look as if one of them lit the parlour curtains on fire and each is only too ready to implicate the other. (But I like his painting, too.) Stylistically, his is a more "dramatic" painting than yours, both in terms of value massing and in color selection. (Is this what you were asking?) If these were my children, I'd rather see them snuggled together - I'd chose the portrayal of a close relationship over the "drama".
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