[Alexandra Tyng]

20" x 16", oil, about 2 3/4 hours

Here's my attempt to paint our fellow forum member, Marina Dieul. Last week she was in Philadelphia giving a workshop onher photography techniques, equipment, and philosophy, and how they can be used in portraiture.The following day she posed for a group of eight local artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. I was determined to finish this entirely from life and not fiddle with it later,even though I'm not entirely satisfied with the transitions around the eye sockets-- so here it is!