Here's another in-progress painting based on German portraits from the 16th (and kindof 15th) century. I want to create a couple of these to frame and display at Faires in an attempt to generate some commissions. Plus they'll just make the place look nice, I think. Portraits are a good way to practice rendering skills, too, as often there are many different materials to create, from velvet, silk, fur/hair, to skin, which is perhaps the hardest to render. When she's done, I plan to experiment with some digital aging techniques that will hopefully mimic the varnish cracking that very old paintings have. At any rate, here's the inital sketch and scribbled-on color, followed by my progress on the portrait today...
