Portrait Painting

poHere is a nice portrait that I recently finished with progression pics! I really enjoyed this one because I got to make up the background as well as "retouch" the face because the original photo had been damaged somewhat as you can see in the original photos. This was a gift for the clients friend, who's mother had passed away when he was young and he really on had a few pictures of her. It was a real pleasure not only to paint this, but give someone a very special personalized gift. I almost enjoyed giving this one away as much as I did painting it. Turnaround for this was about three weeks once I got some higher quality photos.

Original pics sent through email:






Work in progress:






















Final, ready to deliver: