The reference for this painting was an old mug shot - an idea I got from Maria Pace-Wynters.
I always steer towards blue and purple in my paintings, so I threw in red and yellow pieces of paper to see if I could warm up my painting some.
I tend to leave the face for last, but this time I was brave and worked on that first.
Here you see purple has managed to sneak in to the dress even though I consciously tried not to allow this to happen. When working from a black and white photo, it is easier for me to make the shadows cool with blues.
I wanted to leave her hair this froth of pink, but I guess it was looking too ridiculous, so I tamed it with some brown. I am very proud of that red color, though.
