Plein Air Model, Betsy

A rare treat--and challenge!--today. Christopher arranged for an extraordinary model, Betsy, to sit for us outdoors in the dappled changing light. Loved it--now I want to do more. The top one is the lengthier pose, which was truncated at the long break. That's as far as I had gotten--roughly two hours in--having spent way too much time on the drawing/underpainting. That's OK, I've got pics and can finish it. It's about 11" x 14", on toned mdf.

The second one is a small (8"x10") quickie, done with no underpainting. I may tweak a few things, but will probably leave it basically as is. It's on a plain white Ampersand gessoboard.

Update 7/16/13 - I did work on the first painting, and have uploaded a fresh image showing progress.