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You're braver than I am. The last young child I did - I think he was about four - was hard enough to get a good photograph of, let alone trying to get him to sit still for a check on anything later. It's the first time I'd ever dealt with a child who was deliberately uncooperative and it was very hard to remain calm and friendly, especially when the parents were helpless in their dealings with him. But my background as a psychologist stood me in good stead there! And I finally got some material I could work with.
It took awhile before I could actually start the painting, and I got an email from the dad asking whether his son really looked like that when I shot the pictures. I sent him the reference photo and he responded, "Yup, that's the kid!" Apparently the boy had changed significantly since that time, so I was glad I had proof that I was painting the same child! I was also relieved that he wasn't going to be another difficult client.
Leslie
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