Portrait with initial paint layer

I almost always underpaint any painting

I am doing. It gives a good middle tone or

value to the work and makes it easier to

determine the darks and lights. I couldn't

resist trying out the turquoise that I will

use for her shirt...but the next go will be

the under-layers of skin tones. So everything

you see here is preliminary to the final paint

layers.

This portrait is 18" x 24" on linen canvas.