[Olena Babak]

Hello everyone and thank you for the feedback.

Claudemir, this is actually my dilemma: The mother of the children really loves the picture, but I feel that they need to sit straighter, and he needs to have more space on the left. But, due to the size constraint, I cannot move them because it will cut into the girls arm.

Terri: Thank you so much! They are very good points and I will be keeping them in mind as I'm working on the sketches and the painting later on.

David: I agree. But I don't have another chance for a second photo shoot... I'm just trying at this point to figure out how I can make this particular picture work. This picture is proportional to the size of the canvas that the mother wants; this is my work area and I can't change it.

Any ideas on how to make the movement and composition work within the painting?

Has anybody seen any good examples of dual portraits with similar poses?

Thank you