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Hi Linda, this may turn into a dialog!
I was thinking also, as you are making a presentation and just MIGHT have only a semi-willing offspring at present, think ahead about model recruitment.
If it is clothed, you should pin notes up in art supply stores and coffee houses in the area. You need to be sure of your fees and stick to them. At SAS they have a model coordinator for the workshops who gets names and contact info for anyone who poses or offers to. Set that all up in advance, if only a form with info and a digital camera. When they say yes, get that casting call out and you may find a self generating supply of faces!
As you know, the more amateur, the more real world this is going to be for portrait painting! Overcoming the inhaling and exhaling is an education in its own right! Let the model know they are not there to be tortured and give them tips, tape like mad and let them know you appreciate them.
It is sort of a "if you build it, you better make sure they COME!" prospect so wrap your mind around all those possibilities.
AND when you have your core model group. Put fliers out in the same places to be sure it becomes a necessity to the prestige of this little art group!
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