[Chris Saper]

Dear Julie,

My apologies for not posting sooner. Here are some thoughts on what is already very successful!

Sharon is right about the amount of face that shows on the turning away cheek. this is easiest to see be comparing how much space lies betwee the lip and face on both photo and painting. The curve of the cheekbone, in the photo, sits about where the tip of the nose is - you might want to recheck to see of your nose is long enough.

The eyes look right to me, yet you might want to verify that the pupils are the same size - the pupil on our left looks larger to me.

I like the fact that you have placed richer color in the lips, and as result, you could probably pick out a few areas in the flowers to raise the saturation, as long as it doesn't , as you are wise to consider ,compete with the face.

I think this is the favorite piece of yours that I have seen, and I know it will look just great in the ad!

PS I know what you mean about the ColorFix - I thought: if I sneezed, the whole painting would just waft away.