Hi Jennifer - I'm going to agree with the common theme of the responses to this reference. If you have any doubts, try some preliminary sketches and you will see very quickly how the legs, specifically, are going to distract the viewers eyes. A simple contour drawing will show you very quickly. Check out this thread opened by Marvin for more theorizing about the importance of preliminary studies.
http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...?threadid=1491
If you must do it, I would recommend cropping out the problem areas as follows
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