Portrait of Ally

Virginia Branch · 05-12-2005, 09:31 AM

This is now finished - finally! I got the order two summers ago which shows how hard it is for me to get to my easel these days. I debated about putting more detail in the background but decided to leave it as is.

Any comments are welcome.

Thanks.

Garth Parker · 05-12-2005, 09:59 AM

Virginia,
I love your style. This is a beautiful piece. "Two summers ago" Wow. I hope your getting back into it. I'd like to see more.
Congratulations,
Jerome

Kimberly Dow · 05-12-2005, 10:46 AM

This is fresh and lovely. What size it is? And what medium? It looks like watercolor to me.

Mary Sparrow · 05-12-2005, 10:49 AM

I love it! and I like the background just as it is.

Richard Monro · 05-12-2005, 11:14 AM

This is beautiful. I really like the lighting effects. Do you have a reference photo you can post?

Virginia Branch · 05-12-2005, 11:32 AM

Thank you very much for your comments! This is a 28 x 22" canvas done with water mixable oils. The background was done as the undercoat for the trees, river etc. so I kept it loose and watery. Then I decided to leave it as is.

Richard, if you go to 'works in progress' you can see a reference photo there. If I get more time later, I'll post it here.

Thanks again for your comments.