In my quest to paint this woman all photos are 20 to 40 years old and was not pleased with most of the few that are there. I took old poses with with different facial angles. The only colored photo I found I didnt like her red blouse . I liked a pose with a smile it appeared as she was 50s in it I tried to achieve a likeness of her in that time frame.
This is the result .
This took a while to do , first the sketch then I painted it in a monochrome of a grey. Then added the color as glazes on top one layer at a time . This was with acrylic which dries fast . Trying to make the blouse look like blue velvet was tricky.
This is acrylic on a 16 x 20 canvas
I hope you like it
