Cecelia, thanks for commenting. I took a look at your site too. You're work is beautiful!! I'm so impressed by all the life painting you've done, portraits, still lifes and landscapes. I've very little experience painting and even drawing from life. I'd love to do landscapes and still lifes as well; I'm sure the exercise would help my portrait work immensely. The problem is I'm backed up with children's portrait work. This is just one of the many reasons I'd like to be able to paint from life; I feel it'd be easier to keep from getting behind. Soon I'm going to attempt my first oil portrait of a child from life. I'll be painting a six year old girl. I'll post the results on the other thread I started for this, and most likely, the critique forum
