Portrait 3/100! The reference photo comes via the museum app (thank you to LJ Bridge), where you can find lots of great photos to paint from. I loved the cropping in the reference, although I added a bit more of the green cap to the top to extend her head upward. Otherwise, this is a pretty direct copy of the reference. I tried to get the features accurate while keeping the appearance of interesting brush strokes. However, I wondered what else I should do as an artist? Should I bring detail to some parts and subordinate others? I definitely spent more attention on the face, then the hair, then the clothes, so I did make some of these decisions subconsciously. But I wonder what bigger decisions I could have made so the painting would look more like a painting and less like a copy of a reference? Maybe I'll have answer by portrait 100!
I used a palette of Hansa yellow, yellow ochre, napthol red, ultramarine blue, and titanium white. 8x6” gessoed thin mdf panel.
Here is a photo compilation of the stages, in case you're interested:
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