Flowers in Her Hair....

Painted the empty space for flowers with a darkish neutral gray, using palette knife added flower petals.  I need to practice loading a palette knife - it's very confusing to me!

Leaving room for flowers...

Touched up a few places.  Oil paint sticks used to add hair...once set up, I'll attempt to add flowers with a palette knife - wish me luck!

Still working at it...

Continuing to work on this piece...long way to go, but I'm happy with what I've accomplished thus far.

Something New...

I'm waiting for some quilting supplies to arrive so I can finish working on a new piece.  In the meantime, I thought I'd paint.

Background done in acrylics

Oil paint over acrylic background (underpainting)