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Old 06-01-2007, 02:39 PM   #2
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Richard,

I realize that these images were posted some time ago, but I come and go and miss some things, including this one.

This seems to me quite accomplished, with a gesture in the figure that absolutely describes her trepidation and at the same time the seductive effect that the box is having upon her. The 3/4-profile, downward cast of the head is handled very well, her interesting facial features, especially that full lower lip, nicely depicted in perspective. That is not easy to do, nor is the subtle but complex foreshortening challenge posed by her slouching and turning, her head leaned toward us, so that we cannot see her neck. I find your capturing of that gesture quite masterful.

There are perhaps a couple of shadows that are confusing. At the bottom of her chin, I
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