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Patty, if I may add something I'd also suggest that, since she is seems to be such a communicator, she looked at the viewer in the painting.
I know she is also a religious woman, so she could have this quite meditative expression, but I think this would be a stronger painting.
If you go back, maybe you can bring with you a coloured piece of cloth to hang or drape behind her, it would help you bring out brighter accents in her skin.
I don't know why but if I had this commission I would instinctivly start on a strongly tinted ground.
Best of luck
Ilaria
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