I sometimes like to start with a colored underpainting, but I've learned from this one that green is not the best for portraits (duh!). It took a lot of paint to get rid of the green cast on this one.
I usually stick to a 3-primary palette that includes ultramarine blue, but for this one I switched that out and used phthalo blue and veridian for the cools, because her drapery required a little more punch than what ultramarine can offer. I also got out my stencils--this one a big feather--to add a bit more interest to the background. The grayish background had already dried, so I put my stencil right on top of that and added a light blue oil paint. This painting is in oil on 8x8" mdf board. Thank you to "Bluep Er" on the Museum by Sktchy app for the reference photo.
Here are some process shots:
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