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Carol .

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Your painting has come along very nicely, Linda.
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Linda Wilson

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Thank you Carol.  Still lots to do though.  I am still on the acrylic underpainting stage and even some drawing to do, before starting on the oil paint layers.
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Linda Wilson

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Little progress, I am afraid due to poor weather and the flu (yet again).  But we had sunshine today so I made a little progress.  I am in a quandary over the yellow suit and composition.  There seems to be a lot of yellow and not much going on within it.  I am tempted to get his hands involved.
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George Cutter

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Looking very good Linda. You are very brave painting that size!

Sylvia Evans

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Oh wow…Linda.  You got it girl.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The head could probably carry the painting if you introduced some tonal differences in all that yellow - certainly, indicating the hands would do that, and I like a portrait with hands, and not just a head and shoulders job (though I'm just working on one now which is all head and shoulders, largely because I want to finish it and get it to its eager customer before Christmas - self, self, self, eh...?).   Folds in the cloth, more modelling to show the proportions of the body - to a degree at least - would also help; I was about to say 'add a pocket square', but he doesn't look the pocket square type, and anyway I think you'd want a bit more than that.  Whatever you end up doing, the painting already has presence - you've broken the back of it, to coin a phrase.   You said earlier on, I think, that you planned to glaze oil paint over the acrylic - have you done that yet, and do you think you really need to?  
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Carol .

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This has come a a fair bit, Linda. Lovely work. If your not too sure about all that yellow, print a monochromatic picture of the colour version, this might help with the subtle shadow areas of the jacket.
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Linda Wilson

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Thank you George and Sylvia.  You obviously have more faith than I do.  It is about life size, which is creating its own problems.  I gave up the original idea of painting full length - too hard for little me.  I ended up getting a canvas board from the Range for a tenner, a lot better than £300 for the fine linen.  However,The board is bending/curling making it concave.  Consequently I am using tablecloth clips to attach it to a stiffer board underneath.      I am still aiming to use oil paint for the top layer.  In doing so I can correct the skin tone, which looks a bit too cool.  Not that photos are that accurate.      Robert and .Carol, you definitely right, so I think I need to take another photo to work from with more shadows and maybe a prop or child for him to hold.

Denise Cat

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It's coming along Linda. My thoughts on breaking the yellow up a bit might be a bag with the strap running across the chest or an umbrella under the arm, showing a decorative handle. Just a thought.
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Marjorie Firth

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Didn’t he have braids Linda? It’s looking very good.
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Linda Wilson

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Yes he does have braids, Marjorie, but I thought it would be easier to paint them over the top of the jacket.
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Lewis Cooper

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Very impressive so far Linda, I look forward to watching your progress.
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