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I would not be quite happy with the background. It is brighter than the hair, which is subdued. Perhaps the background was painted after the portrait was done, rather than as it went along.
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Thanks for looking at my work Lon. I'm a little confused by your comments. About the background being brighter than the hair? I don't see it that way on my monitor. I see it much darker on my monitor. And actually is much darker in the painting than the hair or the figure. In fact my monitor is showing a pretty good representation of the piece. As far as incorporating the backgound into the figure, I thought I did that somewhat on the shadowed side(viewers left.) The background wasn't done as an afterthought but, good or bad, purposefully in that manner to bring up the figure and the highlights on the right side. I don't mean to dismiss you're criticism, maybe if someone else could comment on how they see these things on their monitor. Maybe we could get a calibration. Please?
Thanks again.