Maya.

Lovely portrait, Annick. I like the use of blue throughout.

gorgous

How lovely Maya looks, beautiful work Annick.

I used phtalo blue for the background , left some of the canvas white so it would not be too dark ,used black straight from the tube and diluted it to different strength when needed, and made sure the phtalo blue would show through. Jenny, Anne, Margaret,thank you for your comments.