Thanks, Carol and Debra. However, I have a confession to make. The family moved to Europe before I was able to get a good reference photo. A friend of theirs took the photo, and it was a wonderful shot. My part was to work on the composition and the painting. His mom considers the painting as one way to remember their stay overseas.
This started me thinking: was it okay to post here when the reference photo wasn't mine? I feel that since I took it as raw material, refined it and produced a portrait from it, that it was okay to share the results.
Hybrid Mode
