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Very successful. I'm glad to see the increased contrast around the head and the reduction in contrast around the tripod. Those subtle alterations transformed the piece. Any member here would be ecstatic to have created it. The subject's personality comes through so well, which is the alchemy that moves this from painting to portrait.
You've noted by cross-reference the inclusion of your work-in-progress elsewhere on the Forum, and I want to thank you for that, on behalf of all who will profit from it. It is SO very instructive to see even a few in-progress stages, to read the observations and recommendations, and to see how an excellent piece is pushed to its natural best, not necessarily by taking all advices, but by considering how all may or may not work in some way toward the desired end.
Congratulations. This piece makes me want to be there as an observer when it is presented.
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