Red Chair #3 Almost Done

Earlier today I finished off the vest. I knew I was going to have trouble with this before I even started. It's the reason I picked this image to work with. Nick wore just about the most difficult to paint clothing imaginable. The vest is shiny silk with a grey-on-grey pattern and the jacket has a very subtle black-on-black brocade pattern. I think at this point I've actually spent more time on the vest than the face and hands.

Here's were it is as of a few minutes ago. The biggest job remaining is adding the pattern to the jacket, then it is jewelry, fingernails, and a few minor tweaks. The colour on this second image is a little closer to life than the top image. I don't spend a lot of time setting these in-progress shots up with proper light so these two images together do a good job of how much the colour can vary from image to image.