I’ve had so much fun painting and sketching the lovely Dayris from Sktchy in oil (above), and before that, in pencil and then doing a digital sketch in Procreate (below). Also below you’ll find a slide show of the work in progress. Doing the two initial drawings really helped me quickly get a pretty accurate drawing for the oil painting. You can see her reference photo on Sktchy here: https://sktchy.com/XBIKU
Below are the steps in the process of making the portrait.
![Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12x9"]()
Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12×9″ ![Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate]()
Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate ![Umber underpainting]()
Umber underpainting ![Some background and shirt]()
Some background and shirt ![Some paint on face]()
Some paint on face ![Icky background in with palette knife]()
Icky background in with palette knife ![More work on background, still icky]()
More work on background, still icky ![Background better but not happy with shirt or hair]()
Background better but not happy with shirt or hair ![Almost done]()
Almost done ![Scraped off shirt and some hair to redo]()
Scraped off shirt and some hair to redo ![Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10"x8.5"]()
Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10″x8.5″
