Challenge from bad photo

[Janet Kimantas]

I agree with the aforementioned. It's a lovely drawing. Besides, we're all works-in-progress, as artists and as people. Enjoy the trip. And take it easy on yourself!
Janet

[Allan Rahbek]

Pat,
This is a fresh and immediate portrait. The smile looks natural. Good job, you should be proud.

Allan

[Patricia Joyce]

Thank you, my friends! I feel better about it now. And seeing it on the forum of course made a couple things jump out, so I adjusted the hair highlights and a couple other areas. Amazes me every time how it helps to see it here, to post my work here, and to read the adda girls I need!!

Now, back to the brother . . .

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Hi Pat,
I liked it very much, you should be happy about it.

[Patricia Joyce]

Follow Up,
My client saw this portrait yesterday, though I could not give it to her as the brother needs to compliment this in style, size, etc. so I need to see them side by side as I progress with his.

But I wanted to share her reaction to this portrait. She loved it, took a deep audible breath in and said, you "have captured her humor, her personality...it seems so full of air and life...it's so HER"!!!

Needless to say I was relieved and thrilled. The challenge was well worth the reward of her positive reaction

I have a questions for you pros. Do you ever get to a point when you look at your work and say, "yeah, this is good??"

[Chris Saper]

Pat, it's just lovely, congratulations.

Re your question, sometimes I finish something and think: 'Either this is really good or completely horrible" - I can't decide which, but I know it's nowhere in between., Sigh.

[Janet Kimantas]

Regarding Chris's comment: I recall hearing once that Picasso on being asked whether painting was difficult responded that it was either easy or impossible. I think I have that right.