Unfortunately, she won't come around until she has grown up and had children of her own. By that time she won't be as easy to paint. Hmmmmph.

I have two other stepdaughters who would be willing to pose for me, but one has had two children and so her bones don't show as well under her skin. It's very difficult to make people look 3-dimensional when you don' t have lots of very strong highlights and shadows.

Hopefully the other one won't change her mind - though I'd have to drive a long way to do her portrait. She lives about an hour from here.

My daughter is here, and easily accessible! Most teenaged girls would just love to model, but of course since I'm her mom she things it's the most uncool thing on earth to do.