I've had an opportunity to paint little girls in velvet dresses a few times. Once the dress was dark burgundy velvet and the little girl had dark brown, almost black hair. That combination was great. This past year I had to paint a fair-skin blond in a dress that had a dark blue velvet top and a lime green/bright pink plaid skirt. I personally did not like the dress at all and had to fight having the dress upstage the face. The portrait turned out great and the parents were thrilled. However, I much prefer the long white dress on little girls.
I love painting blue jeans on kids too!
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