New painting

I started right back into painting after the big hullabaloo ... (The opening reception for my first solo painting exhibit!  SO FUN!)

I have been wanting to do this painting for quite a while.

These two sketches are when I was in the first stages of planning the painting. They are just in my little 9 x 6 inch sketchbook, one above the other.

 

This one was how I kind of imagined the painting to go initially.

And this is how I finally decided placement should be.

I think the person who I am painting will probably guess - but we will see...