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I painted this portrait from life. I had a Russian model in my studio posing for me. I got the inspiration from her "italian style" features and how the light was hitting her reddish hair.
I use few oil colors in the beginning to mark the big shadow shapes in the face and neck. And to discribe overall big form. After that I start to build more soft transissions from shadow to light and work on details. I wanted to do the head and neck more in 3 D form as a contrast to the flat chest area.
