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Old 10-25-2012, 06:54 PM   #3
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Very astute and sensitive

I find this to be accomplished and thoughtfully executed. The restraint used in outlining the lenses of the glasses is extraordinary, as is the just-right highlight on the bridge of the nose. The juxtaposition of warm and cool tones in the face are, to my eye and preference, masterful.

The hues in the ears are perhaps too intense to keep them from unintended prominence, from "coming forward." (When I view the image while covering the ears--as presently depicted--with my index fingers, it's a much stronger portrait, the intensity of those hues no longer competing with the face.)

There may be cause for the blue in the hair, but at that intensity and value, it is, I think, probably only distracting, as well as distorting the form of the hair. But I wouldn't wipe it out entirely. It's a very interesting effect.

This is pretty close, but the warm red on the right (our right) side of the neck is keeping the form from curving back into the collar.

I'd like to meet this man, just based on what you've done here. Very nice.
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