Flowers for Celina (Portrait as of March 26, 2024)

Here is the portrait of Celina as it looked on March 26th.  On that day and the day before, I concentrated mainly on the face.  On the canvas, the face is maybe 2 inches across and to 3 inches long, if that, and is half that size in the photo.  Even using the smallest brush I have, It is easy to make a mistake.  So I spent much of my painting time on the 25th and 26th making mistakes and then correcting them, but I reckon that is probably 90 percent of making art in general.  But I am getting closer to a likeness.  I am also making corrections to the figure as I see mistakes.  And I also worked on the background, creating what is to be a field of roses, planted in three rows behind the figure. I adjusted the composition to make sure Celina will have a place to stand. To be continued. . . .