Lizzie

Lovely, Ellie. Yes I agree that using artist quality is a bit of a shock at first - much stronger, but bring paintings to life more I think. Your portraits are very expressive, especially this one which is lovely.

Really nice portrait of a lovely girl.

I agree, a great portrait of your lovely daughter.

A beautiful portrait of your daughter, Ellie - you've certainly done the photograph justice and I'm sure your daughter must love the painting too.

A beautiful portrait of a beautiful young lady

Ellie this is so good - I am completely hopeless at portraits and only wish I could do them to half this standard.

This is lovely, Ellie - what a pretty girl she is. Super pose as well. I am glad to hear that you are using artist's quality paints as your work certainly deserves it. Cotman pigments are not good enough for you now.

Really gorgeous, Ellie! It's so beatifully painted.

Thank you so much for all your comments. I really appreciate your encouragement. This was a labour of love and it may take me a while yet to get used to the transparency of artist's paints but it got the client (my daughter)'s approval and will be on the wall soon! And Lizzie says thank you for saying she is pretty :)

Lovely portrait of your middle daughter Ellie, lovely hair again and lovely expression on her face