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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 414071, member: 5833"]She's beautiful & the pose is perfect. If you looked at the Pinterest board with the portraits of women, you'll see some of the nicest are those where the sitter is partially turned to the viewer. The only place I can see that might be an issue is where just a little of her left cheek shows behind her nose. If they leave that out, her face won't be the right shape They are now able to leave a really thin layer of white over the brown in a way that earlier carvers could not, so they should be able to differentiate nose from cheek.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shouldn't be an issue to leave the hands out. It would be something like this, <i>sans</i> hands:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]144339[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could advise you more decisively. Let us know what you learn, and, of course, if you have the cameo made, show, show, show![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 414071, member: 5833"]She's beautiful & the pose is perfect. If you looked at the Pinterest board with the portraits of women, you'll see some of the nicest are those where the sitter is partially turned to the viewer. The only place I can see that might be an issue is where just a little of her left cheek shows behind her nose. If they leave that out, her face won't be the right shape They are now able to leave a really thin layer of white over the brown in a way that earlier carvers could not, so they should be able to differentiate nose from cheek. Shouldn't be an issue to leave the hands out. It would be something like this, [I]sans[/I] hands: [ATTACH=full]144339[/ATTACH] Wish I could advise you more decisively. Let us know what you learn, and, of course, if you have the cameo made, show, show, show![/QUOTE]
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