[Marta Prime]

Hi Joseph,

Something was bothering me about this portrait, and I just figured it out. It has nothing to do with her face which was rendered beautifully, but the angle her shoulders are. She looks kind of slumped and heavier than in the picture. With the photo and drawing side by side it seems that the angle in which the shoulders come off the neck needs some adjustment. I see lots of artists concentrate on getting the face right, then do a more "impressionistic" rendering of the neck and shoulders. That's fine, if the perspective is right, but sometimes we get a little less picky once the fun part is done. I struggle with this myself sometimes. What do you think?