There was a woman on the "Dull Women" Facebook page who had such the look of Regency England about her that I couldn't resist painting her and altering her wardrobe to fit in with that era (what little of it that shows). A delicate Bridgerton beauty with pillowy lips and gorgeous flowing curls who was just crying out to be memorialized. She has unusual eyes—golden, with long thin pupils. I actually made them rounder than they were in the photo, because she looked alien when I painted them exactly as they were!
Anyway, this is Abbey, in pencil and watercolors, with a little silver Signo pen to make her necklace. I painted it on cheap watercolor paper that I use for my beginning classes, because it was the only thing immediately to hand (I have a block of Fluid somewhere, but...), so the background buckled a little when I gave it a second coat. But it was good to do it just to keep my hand in.
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