An admiring glance

[Chris Saper]

Hi Mike,

When I first looked at the Photo #1, my initial thought was that there was a lot of photo distortion, and that the relative sizing of the two heads didn't look right. However, I think you could do a single subject painting of the boy - nice light quality, and fun to paint.

I think you have the skill to make an excellent painting from the second photo resource, although I am having the same sense of lens distortion in the feet and hands...do you see the disproportionate appearance between right and left?

As to the hand on our left, I'd say you can correct the size yourself without difficulty; fix that little finger. This funny hand position is so very charcteristic of toddlers that it doesn't bother me. (No adult could actually get their hands in this position. Or if they did, couldn't get out of it unaided.)

Good luck!