Early in this portrait I fully questioned the wisdom of this project. I didn't think I'd get it to the point where I wanted to post it. The hand and the curly hair, in particular were difficult. Often when it's difficult, I scrape it back and paint again, which I did a few times here. I think it worked out fine in the end. Here are the progress shots:
Thank you to Richard Castor Jeffery on the musuem by sktchy app for the reference photo.


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