Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Study

Originally I was going to do this as a monochrome in green.  But due to the large size (15 x 22") the paper soaked up more paint than I anticipated and ran out of paint.  So the next session I went with blue just to see what would happen.  That blue didn't get very dark, so I followed up with purple.  Next thing I know is that since I'm half way to a color version I should continue with that.  So I guess that makes this an accidental color study of Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring".













!5 x 22" Arches 140# HP