beautiful! i really love the way you use light.

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So many stories pop into my mind with this one. An aniticipated visitor walking up but not yet to the threshold, a lingering conversation that even after goodbyes still holds too much enjoyment to let go of. I really love the warm background/wall. You inspire me to see what can be done besides what is there in the photo reference. No doubt I would have ended up painting a white drywall wall. I am still learning.

Again, another one of my favorites. So rarely here do I see such a beautiful use of light and shade.

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i like this one alot its amazing.

The chain does look very slightly out of place, but I love how the light illuminates her face, and how she's facing whatever/whoever's outside with a warm 'glow'. (And a hand perhaps extended in greeting). It's beautiful.

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Amazing! Is it painting from pic or from life?

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Both. I would start a drawing from life, getting a pretty good idea of the final outcome. I don't hold my model for long in posing. 15 minutes or so at a time. Might take days this way for the drawing. And no, she doesn't have to find the original pose again during subsequent poses. In fact I like to see a similar but not exact pose in order to "see around" the model. This drawing is what I started the painting with. At some point during the painting process I took a photo of her. You can see deeply into a photo for details such as hair that you'd have to go up close to the model in painting her and then back to the canvas.

I took a photo of the chain to work from although in the painting I emphasized the color (in the photo it was a rather dull light brown, somewhat near raw umber, white and yellow ochre) and highlights.

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My thanks.

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Great portrait, these are the kind I love, the kind that are interresting!
The contrasts between light and shadow are beautiful, and at least I know I get a sense of actually being there.
And the whole 'facing the world without a chain on my door' thing is a theme I like a lot.

beautiful work. i love the earthy tones. great work indeed

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