Micheal

[Vianna Szabo]

Thanks for replying, Lisa and Michele, I don't have a photo of the brother done 11 years ago. It was a much flatter drawing because even though it was correct proportion wise I did not know squat about value.

The mother did approve the reference photo and was very excited about the pose. She did accept the painting after I made some slight changes. I refused to change it any more because I felt it would ruin the depth. I suppose that is the crux of the issue. If you did a portrait for a client years ago and your work has changed dramatically how do you match your work of today to your work of the past?

By the way she gave me the original portrait to work on and make any corrections. She told me that it was her most prized possesion. I only made some slight value changes in order to match it to the current one. I'm not so sure she was happy there either. My only saving grace is that I think she is done having children. Has anyone else run into this problem?