Portrait

From 2017. I really, really like this portrait, and I'm still amazed at how I did it running against time and with the wrong conditions: I worked on it for 11 hours without pausing, and I even called my mother to ask for permission to give up when I was so tired and complaining because the sun was down and I become disoriented painting without natural light (I was on the verge of tears). She didn't let me give up xD The conditions were that bad because a friend of a friend decided to commission for a portrait and took so long to send the photo that I only had one day to do it. I had every reason to refuse, yet I needed the money and didn't want to let the person down. 

Still, I'm glad I did it. I love the textures and soft shadowing.