With all this in mind I have spent many hours on such master studies, and will share several with you today. These are both copies of paintings by Susan Lyon.
Since completing these, I have moved on to painting from photographs of people and now from live models (and will share those pieces in the near future!).
S. Lyon Master Study 2015
Oil on Canvas
9 x 12 inch
S. Lyon Master Study 2015 II
Oil on Canvas
9 x 12 inch
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is the portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
- Oscar Wilde