hey everyone!
well it`s been quite some time since I posted something, so I thought I just upload the final piece I`ve done for the Face and Figurepainting workshop with Don Seegmiller I participated some time ago
the workshop was a huge inspiration, lots of talented people there and Don is really a nice guy and a great instructor

in the beginning I wanted to concentrate on the figure but it ended up as Persephone picture; not really my sort of theme but since I haven`t done this yet I hope you forgive me

I used a stock photo as reference for the girl
here`s a link to the Deviantart gallery I took it from, some awesome reference material she has there: http://lockstock.deviantart.com/gallery/

EDIT: this picture will also be used for the cover of a local fantasy magazine here in Austria
you can check the cover out here: http://www.earth-rocks.at/portal/index.php?content=3

cheers,
Mathias