Portrait of Veronica – alla prima

Yesterday my daughter was so enthusiastic about a new book she was reading, “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry that she started reading a chapter aloud to me. It occurred to me (by chapter 3) that this was a great time to paint her! Tonight I finished my second session painting her and she just finished reading chapter 7. Her head moves from side to side a little, but hopefully I’ll correct some of the drawing at the next sitting. We still have eight chapters to go — then I hope she will get hooked on another book! It’s great painting a model from life. I haven’t had practice doing that in ages.