Theo

This is a portrait of a friend's child. I couldn't resist doing a portrait, the first one I've attempted, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this. It started off with a cracking photo that was taken during a drinks break in the football match we were playing, with light falling perfectly on to the child. It was the first nice day of the year following a prolonged period of cold and it was great to get out.

I first tackled getting the image as best I could right by constructing a framework using the top part of the nose as the reference point for everything else. Initially I got the background wrong, but it wasn't a big problem as lightening the painting was relatively straightforward. I've seen people do portraits in 2.5 hours that are great, but this was closer to 10.

Please refer to the blog entry on portraiture if you're interested.

Hope you enjoy it.