Thank you all so much for your comments. Yes, Cynthia, your post is closer to the real thing. I'll try to get the compression stuff figured out before I post again. I don't have a photo system or scanner on this computer; my husband has Adobe Photo and the scanner. I suppose it would have been better to run it through that first. (It didn't occur to me to do that.) I'm hoping to get Paint Shop Pro soon which would solve a lot of my problems in this area.
Steven, you're right, it was from a photo. Unfortunately my grandson lives 350 miles away and I had to use photos. I took pictures of him and his sister for a colored pencil workshop and had to use what I could get at the time, including the poor lighting of an overcast day. (I used his sister for the workshop.) There is a bit of a cast shadow under the nose, but I guess I didn't make it intense enough. I'll work on it. That's one of my shortcomings I know I need to overcome - I've tended to do everything very "high light." I'll keep working on that; believe it or not, I have improved some in that area.
I agree with your comments about the grass and swing. I'll make those changes. I also agree with your comments about missing the hand; it would be nice to have one showing. But I know I can't make that change at this point.
Thank you all again, I really appreciate the time you take to encourage and help those of us who are just starting out.
Debra
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