"Caroline"
Somerset Velvet paper
26" by 16"
Primary photo references composited from several shots taken at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
The indigo underpainting, or grisaille, is halfway done.
Finished grisaille.
Color is being laid in over the grisaille, beginning with the background and working down to avoid smearing.
After about twenty layers of color, the face and upper body are almost done.
The finished piece.
Progress of a portrait...from start to finish
