Mother and daughter by Marjorie Firth

This is lovely Marjorie, certainly with some photos, imagination has to go a long way if it's a bad one.

I love the light Marjorie as I do the whole painting, fabulous work.

Denise, I took this photo of my daughter and granddaughter about 16 years ago. I took this photo for the site in artificial light. Somehow it loses the sharpness but I want to get on to something else.

I think the softness of the photo/painting exaggerates the beautiful and gentle moment, between mother and child Marjorie.

It’s beautiful Marjorie and beautifully done .

Absolutely beautiful, Marjorie.

Love it Marjorie.

Very lovely Marjorie! Funny how different light affects a photo so, but this looks good to me.

Utterly charming.

Lovely tender painting. Particularly like the light on mums face

Beautiful work 🤗

Beautiful picture Marjorie ☺️

Thanks for all your lovely comments. I do love painting family members ( though not so sure how they feel about it) . We have “ Abstract” as our next club project, a difficult concept for me…..

This is Excellent! That diffused quality actually enhanses.

Thank you Skylar :)

A really charming painting Marjorie obviously painted with love and the light on the baby’s hair and Mum’s face is beautiful

Lovely portrait Marjorie of mother and daughter, with the light diffused in places that compliment their features, lovely portraiture!

Its a wonderful painting Marjorie full of the tender compassion of a mothers love for her child. Back lighting is always difficult to deal with but you have certainly made this work well in this picture,,,,

Thank you very much Christine, Angela and John. I appreciate your lovely comments.

Wonderful soft light- a truly beautiful portrait, Marjorie!

Amazing, beautiful and heartwarming

It's really good Marjorie, great use of colour and blending

Anne, Terence and Heather - thank you very much for your comments.

Just delightful.

Great tonal range and lovely colours Marjorie. You have handled the pastels very well.

It does look a touch blurred Marjorie, but it doesn’t detract from a lovely drawing!

Thanks Sandra, George and Alan. Photographing in poor light, despite being under artificial light, seems to do this I find. I should wait before I post!

I think the ‘soft focus’ effect is charming Marjorie, lovely portrait x

Lovely soft feel to this. Soft edges, soft light, soft emotions!

Katy and Linda - thank you.

A lovely portrait, and the softness echoes the tenderness of the moment. Personally, I don't think it needs to be sharper.

Thanks Hilary, I know what you mean.

You capture personality/character so well Marjorie.