Michele,
Thank you for your perspective. There is too much light, partly my tones and partly the picture. The picture is in a window opening (no flash). Oil is a fairly new medium for me and I'm learning with every effort.
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Garth
Michele points out an exellent point regarding the camera in relation to your subject. At this range and with your lense (I suspect a 55 m) you will get distortion. Try backing up using directional light with fill and if possible use a 70 - 90m lense. This will help a lot.
The main point would be backing up and directional lighting (off left or right of center to your subject). I think you'll see a big difference when you can improve your source material.
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Que sort-il de la bouche est plus important que ce qu'entre dans lui.
For what it's worth, Garth, I really like this. It's a non-traditional, non-coventional approach that reminds me of Warhol, some Hockney, and early experiments of some Impressionists when they were influenced by oriental art and the articulation of form with flat planes of color. The flattened plane of the face plays off very well against the negative space around it. -- John C.
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