Iona by Marjorie Firth

A gorgeous portrait Marjorie I love her hair and sparkle in her eyes.

That's a great result Marjorie. Speaks of a gentle and intelligent character for your subject..

Beautiful portrait Marjorie, the hair especially rendered. How do find these oils, the only type I use, as an allergy won't allow the normal type, so nothing really to compare with, also what medium was used? Again a wonderful portrait I'm sure she'll be more than pleased with.

Not bad at all Marjorie. Well done. I've used the water based oils for quite a while now and find them pretty good. Stick with them. Look forward to seeing more pics.

Glad you like them Marjorie and it shows for a first

Thanks for the input folks! I'm trying to use the Zorn palette for skin tones - white, black, yellow ochre and a red. But I used cad red and aliz crimson here because she has a pale skin, with pink. I really must ask people to sit because you run into so many problems with just a photo, especially if it's poorly lit. Here, I had to rely on memory for the mouth so what she'll think, I don't know. But it's primarily an exercise, it's exciting to learn something new but also very frustrating and problematic. "Mindfulness" with extra bits. Andre, I used a water based medium at times and I'm becoming a fan of water based oils.

A lovely portrait Marjorie, I think that this type of medium requires a bit of practice and I think that you have done well with this one.

Great portrait Marjorie, I love the tones in her hair, lovely work.

nice to see more portraits, good one

What charming portrait, marjorie.

It's lovely and it has that soft feel you always achieve be it pastel or oils. I was also surprised at how versatile the Zorn palette can be; it makes for a harmonious painting. The choice of red and yellows etc obviously makes a difference to the hues you can achieve for what you want, but it makes you work harder for your colours!

Thankyou David, Margaret, Tony and Thea( hope you are OK). Thanks Gudrun, the Zorn palette is amazing, what you can achieve with so few colours.

Wonderful portrait Marjorie, beautiful eyes.

Great work again Marjorie. More please.

Thankyou Timothy and Cesare.

Beautiful Marjorie. Such a gentle feel to this.

Thanks Louise, she has that side to her but is always cartwheeling all over the place!

A beautiful portrait Marjorie. I love the hair and her lovely smile.

A lovely portrait Majorie excellent skin tones and fabulous background ; I used the water based also but found them a bit chalky looking when they dried so went back to traditional oils . Thank you for the comments on my latest and before I painted it I thought of the title " Street lights " and I kept humming the song " street life " while painting it ... a catchy little song