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Natalie v2 (mleiv.com)
Medium: Acrylic Size: 10X12"
(The scanner clipped one side, so you are missing a bit of the painting - sorry!)

I am trying to experiment with skin tones. I think this one turned out very well. I haven't scanned in the source image, but it was an old garden shot she did for a magazine - you can probably find it online if you look.

I didn't quite get the lips right (I can never get Natalie's lips right, dammnit!), but the eyes and hair turned out great, IMO.
Pale Skin Practice (mleiv.com)
Medium: Acrylic Size: 9X12"
I have been experimenting with skin tones lately. This one isn't quite what I wanted (a very pale tone with purple notes), but the original was just so very different: