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Hands
Hi Barbara,
I think your painting looks great! My eye is drawn to where the cheek (on our left) meets the background. This sharp line makes that shape very distinctive and it is a chubby cheek so the chubbiness is played up by that sharp line. I think if you made that a softer edge it wouldn't be so noticeable and you would still retain her likeness.
I also think having her hand in the painting draws our attention to her cute chubby hands. I love them. I think I probably spent hours staring at my son's cute chubby hands when he was younger, thinking how I would miss them when the chubbiness had grown out. Little hands are wonderful and you've captured them beautifully. But if the mom wants the chubbiness downplayed, maybe removing the hands completely would please her.
I hope these suggestions are helpful,
Joan
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