6 x 8 in.

All this talk about "realistic" style painting and I thought I would challenge myself, do something TOTALLY different, and paint a person in a more realistic style. It was so fun, and a tiny bit scary, because as I said before, I’m not much of a portrait-type girl. What was interesting with this painting, was finding the balance between "copying" the photograph exactly and letting the style that I’ve developed re-emerge back into the piece, which on some level created a slightly different personality. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’ve decided to post it right after the photograph that inspired it.
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