Original sketch

The original idea for this painting is pretty old... maybe about two years? So this is pretty different from at the start, far more Wulfing than Klimt. I probably should have sketched the original idea down at some point but to be honest I'm happy enough with this idea as well. At least it came out in some form. 

Awhile a go I posted this up on level up (a Facebook art group, pretty good) to get critique on it and I've fixed up the few things that was pointed out there, mostly around the bustle.

I'll admit I've been posting these in a bit of a strange order, I suppose after inspiration and references this should have come next. I'm way ahead of this stage, currently in the middle of painting the final painting, but I didn't want to just start posting about this painting/project half way through..... also I won't be able to work on it for the next ten days so I suppose it's good to have a bit of a buffer. 

I wonder what I'll find to post about when I'm not in the middle of a project.