This live model study was completed in a Sacramento Studio. The painting time was approximately 2 1/2 hours. My goal in this painting was to try to create a chiaroscuro effect of light coming forward from the darkness and second to define the focal area where the shadow crossed the subjects left eye. I played with the edges and grayed the color in other areas of the subjects face and upper body to try to keep you moving toward the eye half in shadow. Note that the color in the shadow area near that eye has the most chroma.
