I painted this a few years ago when I was making the switch to oils from watercolour. A great way to learn is to try and copy an artist you admire. Well, Breughel lived in the 1300's and painted everyday life and people around him as semi-caricatures. I love this woman's face and the reactions I get are often based on the fact that she is not 'pretty' but I see that her face is being transformed by something or someone she's just seen. She's looking up and I think she's been filled with surprise and wonder and in that unguarded moment you catch a glimpse of the beauty within. And that's what art does for me--reveals the God-given beauty in the unnoticed faces and objects in the everyday stuff.
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