I'm getting there! Little by little.
I feel her face looks too harsh, and I still haven't gotten that chin right. I also have to work more on that mouth showing less teeth. The lips need to be thinned out on top, but thickened on the bottom, especially on the right side. I need to shape that left eye, it's not round enough. I like the nose, except I have to extend out the nostril area. Her skin tone is so tanned, not pink, but I need to put the pink in first as a guide, and remember, it's blood underneath which is red, it's the skin which is tanned, so I need to have both. I am enjoying doing her hair. I'm learning how to really have patience with it. (Good thing because Steve's hair is a mess. That was Steve though, I bet he could have cared less about his hair!)
So you know, the way I get the pictures next to each other is by using www.picmonkey.com and I use the "Make a collage" part of it.
The thing that bothers me the most about this portrait is I don't have her soft feminine side of her. She looks harsh, but I will correct that. It takes time. The more I look at her face, the more I see I need to change to make it look more like her. Seeing my progress next to the photo, allows me to get it perfect. (Wow, do I ever have a long way to go!)
The strangest part about doing this portrait is I have his voice in my head saying that I need to do a good one of her, not him, it's her I have to impress, so do a good one of her. As Steve would say, "Crikey!"
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