Potrait o my sister and my nephew(again) - 24"x36"
the painting is not so red
wiped the colour of her lip because i just couldnt get it right hence the grey patch
underpaintings a warm gray grissaille worked out using burnt umber and ivory black. I realized the flake white i was using was not strong enough.
made a mental note to get myself a nicer white, read about 'permalba white' which apparently artist swear by, but havent been able to find it(ankush if youre reading this- no.1 on the list- 120-150 ml tube of 'permalba white :-))







ive used only basic washes thus far with the exception of my sisters face(which is also incomplete but the most worked-on so far)

getting her eyes right was a major pain as they are in a shadow

Its currently in the 'ugly ' stage , will work oni it a bit more soon enough