The Rebellious Curator

Fabric, Folds and Fingers

Developed folds in the fabric, more-or-less completed the dress underneath her cloak, and worked on hands. The hands continue to be a challenge because Da Vinci's ML hands are plumper than his usual hands from other portraits. I've been struggling with skin colour, and shaping/flattening the roundness of her hands to not appear too plump. Individual fingers are bent and curved with a somewhat complicated pose.

Back to facial details like cheeks and forehead keep consistency with hand skin colour. Most of her hair is now completed and I have begun to shape the tiny reddish curls on the sides of her face and on the ends of her hair. 

Standing back, I could see her eyes are still slightly too wide open, so I added a bit more weight to the top lid which squinted her eyes a very little bit. 

I can see that the end is coming into sight and I may be ahead of schedule if all goes well in the next couple of weeks.