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Terri, thanks for looking and commenting. I need to know how you guys manage to manipulate those images like that; it's so helpful! I take it that the green lines are the same in both pictures, which seems to suggest that that mouth may be a little low, as well as the other aspects you mentioned. I think you're right about the eyebrows and that ear is definitely off. But at least I know that I'm not seeing things as far as the client's reaction goes; it didn't make sense to me. The client is in her late 80's and lives over an hour away, while the parents live in San Francisco, so I couldn't invite either to my studio to make a few adjustments in their presence and see whether that helped, which is what I've done once or twice before with other portraits. I've also wondered whether my digital images are showing what they need to, but where shapes are off it's not the camera.
I wish you could see the actual reference photo where there are a lot more half-tones and delicate modeling, which may in turn look exaggerated on screen in the painting, but your green marks go to the heart of the matter regardless. Thanks again!
Leslie
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