Gulfsprite

The full piece in all of its small glory:

I had a blast with her hair, trying for a balance of detail and soft. Not easy. I ended up with a yellow/green highlight as the other colors I tried just didn’t give that feeling of light. Hair can be such a challenge and she does not have all that much hair showing. Overall I am quite pleased with this painting.

And that leads to the one that I started yesterday of my daughter:

This has been gessoed over already. The skin tone was entirely off and her smile just doesn’t really portray the expression in the photo I am using as my inspiration. So I am trying again. I was about halfway with this when I knew it was not going to turn out the way I intended for it to. I find painting Alex such a challenge and I am not sure why. Alex was 15 in the original photo.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.