My 3 Dolls

[Julie Deane]

Hi John -

I bet the mom is ecstatic! I like your composition of different rectangles that you worked in. Can you post any closeups?

[John Reidy]

Julie-

Thank you. This is a Christmas present so the mom won't see it for a while yet. Others have seen it and they are very happy.

I'm happy to post some closeups. The girls faces are rather small, each is only about 2-1/2" high. It was a challenge for me as I am used to painting larger faces.

Below are closeups of each girl.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Hi John, did you think about this when you painted?

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cg...erSection=work

Very nice work!
Ilaria

[John Reidy]

Hi, Ilaria,

If you're referring to their size, yes, I thought long and hard before committing but I usually enjoy a challenge.

If you are referring to the composition, most of it was suggested in the photograph. I played with the cropping to achieve my goal.

Thanks for your kind words. I feel neglectful to the website as I have been rarely active due to my schedule. I've been lucky to be busy but now I see a lull coming up unless an interested prospect decides to go through with a portrait, hopefully to start before Christmas.

Time to start some marketing and selling again.

[Julie Deane]

John -

you got an amazing amount of detail in! Very nice.