Finished in October 2007, the painting was reworked for Digital Art annual book entry.

She is really pretty but do not be fooled by her face. Because she is no angel.

It was such an inspiration painting this one. I did just finish hearing Oscar Wilde’s Happy Prince and Other Tales (I have a habit of listening audio books while I paint). I have never heard stories more sad and beautiful. I hope Linda will finish her book about fairytales (I wish I'm not the only one).

Technically this one was really interesting to paint. In early steps when I was starting to sketch the leaves in, I used a variety of brushed with the spacing almost always set up to 100 %. I have almost never done so before, and now I cannot believe why, it was an amazing time saver! I will be definitely using that tool more in future too. I love it when I feel I have learned something new :)

Combination of many separate stock photos were used as a reference to get the girl and the background look right. The resolution is 3508x4961 pixels. Painted in about 15 hours.

For close-ups and animated walktrought, please see my CGPortfolio:

http://hennauoti.cgsociety.org/gallery/551218/

I hope you enjoy!