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Dear Joan,
by now you must have already worked a lot on these ones.
I found this discussion very interesting, and wanted to add another element.
I have found that less negative space will increase the sense of intimacy. A closer crop suggests that the painter has taken one step forward and is closer to the subject.
I found this tighter composition has worked quite well for my children's portrait, while once, when I cropped a portrait of two brothers too close, they looked like they were prisoners in a box, a really unsuccessful painting on which I had worked a lot, I still regret the missed opportunity.
I hope you will post the finished paintings
Ilaria
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