This painting turned into a study of cool vs. warm colors. The light that rested on the model's cheeks and forehead had a very cool, bluish tint to it, so I wanted to play up the warm reds & browns in the shadows. I kept the shadows thin and built up the layers in the lights.At first I was tempted to just paint a simple portrait (head & shoulders), but I really wanted to do a hand study, so I decided to extend the portrait down a bit. This posed a few challenges for me because I couldn't find any areas of interest with how the background was set up. So I decided to improvise a bit. In the end, I was happy with the lost and found edges, especially where her shirt fades into the background.
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