Steve

[Kimberly Dow]

Jean,

I really like this. It has a style that is all yours.

[Jean Kelly]

Thanks Kim,

"Style " is so hard to define. I want to paint like Bill Whitaker, Chris Saper, Marvin Mattleson, etc etc. But I seem to end up with this when I don't have to please the customer. Lots of hair and muscles!

Jean

[Jean Kelly]

While the forum was down I did a lot on Steve. All nitpicky, increased contrast in the shirt, bluejeans, and his arms. I'm trying to round his arms out more, but don't like the color of the darker line on his right arm.

Jean

[Jean Kelly]

I'm finally getting his hands to look like hands of a working man instead of claws. His left hand is starting to look accurate. I'll be working on his right today. As I was painting away I managed to increase the size of this hand, so I cut it back last night. He looked like a cull (lobster with a deformed claw). When I lived in Boston we went to the docks and bought lobsters with funky claws for $4.00 a lb. That was a long time ago.

Jean

[Jean Kelly]

Test

I've been having a horrible time trying to compress images to the target size. My wonderful husband has helped me (he's looking over my shoulder) and it has finally posted. Now if I can only figure out what he did! The image looks way too intense, I'll be back in later, severe frustration has set in. I consider this painting completed.

Jean

[Cynthia Daniel]

Jean,

All graphics programs have an option when you save the file as a jpg to select the compression level. It will be there somewhere when you click "file save."

Cynthia