Nonconformist Painting

This girl was observed in Trafalgar Square London. Her preoccupation while watching a street entertainer made for an unhurried study. The headscarf was worn by another female close by, but I used one from my wife’s collection as I preferred the colour combination. It occurred to me only later that the work was looking like a certain Dutch painting. So in ‘homage’ to Vermeer I added the earring. The work consists of a Rowney Cryla acrylic base coat of burnt orange over the gesso manufacturers finish. Opaque pigments have been used to lay down some areas, also acting as undercoating for sections of the subject matter. Subsequent layers of acrylic paint have been applied in washes which has been thinned using Liquidex airbrush medium. This thin multiple layering of pigment allows for a degree of luminosity, avoiding the usual flat acrylic finish. Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish. When fully dry the work will offered for sale.