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Old 09-16-2003, 02:24 PM   #1
Patricia Joyce Patricia Joyce is offline
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I am currently working on a portrait of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who is a friend of a friend. I received permission from the photojournalist to use his photo as my reference. I've attached that photo and a quick sketch (about 2 hrs) I completed to "learn" his features. At least I hope they are attached!!

My question is, how should I handle his neck. I do not want to make him look younger, but I would like to minimize the appearance of the wrinkles. Obviously in this sketch I did not even address the neck, but now I am faced with the problem and I do not know how to even approach it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, what size would you suggest this be done in? I am working in graphite HB, 2B, 4B, and 8B.

Thank you,
Pat
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