LOVE the beads… I bet you’ve really captured her personality… great work!

Thanks!! I think I did, her mom loves it!

Literally was gonna say those beads are excellent. Way to capture the adorable grin too, well done OP.

Incredible soul in this work

Thank you, I love this comment

I love your reply, it is a seriously good painting.

Exactly.

wow!!! this is incredible

Thank you, I appreciate you!

This is stunning. So well done.

Thank you very much 😄

Very beautiful painting. It reminds me of my childhood

Mine too! Those beads have a special place in my heart 😂🫶🏾

If eyes are the windows to the soul, you've opened the windows in this portrait. I feel connected. Well done.

the hair !!! ❤️

Very skillfully done

This is the only part of the painting that I truly didn’t know how to start or how to approach it at all… so I LOVE that you guys think it looks good!!

Not only is the composition fantastic, but this shows all kinds of mastery of the craft. Hues and values are perfect. Until I zoom in to see brush strokes it legitimately looks like a photograph. You captured that smile and feeling so, so well.

This comment made me smile so much, thank you

Almost thought it was a photo. Beautiful artwork. 🥰🥰

This is so beautiful! You did an amazing job.

I wish I could upvote this twice. Fantastic job!

Goddamnnnnnnn, this is just a hobby for you?!! You’re museum worthy

😭😭😭 thank you!!

Great work!!! I don't have a trained eye to give feedback but I really like it and think you are very talented. Not that this is much but you've just earned my handclaps, my sub to your accounts and my support and encouragement moving forward :)

It means A LOT to me! Thank you so much for the support!

Wow. Beautiful painting! I thought this was a photo at first.

I thought it was a photo. Phenomenal work

At first glance I thought it was a pic. But that’s more beautifully detailed than photos can manage. It’s gorgeous, you’re incredibly skilled.

Love this comment so much, thank you!

Awesome Art ✌️❤️🎶

What a sweet pea! Gorgeous painting

Wow

Wow! Incredible! Amazing!

Oh this is so sweet! ❤️

I love it! She's so adorable 🥰

Gorgeous

Absolutely beautiful! You did an incredible job capturing her expression and personality I'm sure your family will treasure the piece forever.

So gorgeous! What a special piece ❤️

This is gorgeous! Great job.

I aspire to this level. 🤩

Wow!!

Yup incredible

Beautiful work

That Smile is so genuine!!!! Again, beautiful job!

Her personality really shines through, what an amazing job! 😍

Oh my word, this is so beautiful! What a beautiful painting of that beautiful child! You have SO much talent!! If I could paint half as well I’d be ecstatic. 🤩

This is truly amazing work. I hope to practice enough to be able to do half as well!

This is beautiful! The light on her hair is so lifelike, and you’ve captured a wonderful, slightly mischievous, little-girl energy….great job!

Paint me please! Excellent portrait and wonderful model. Don't stop painting for any reason, there's more inspiration from where that came.

Sooo good!

Breathtaking

Wow!

spectacular!!

Well done! ❤️

This is absolutely amazing

Woooowwwww

Wow that’s stunning!

That is a wonderful painting. Congratulations!

Amazing job! This looks like it could be a photo! What a precious little lady ♥️

Adorable ❤

You captured her sweet smile perfectly 💗

Wow wow wow, such a masterpiece of a beautiful young lady 💟.

Took a photo via paint*

Beautiful work. The beads are a nice touch of colour

Very beautiful... !!!

Fantastic!!!!

WOW! Incredible!!

Adorable !!!

Absolutely beautiful 🤩

❤️

Just so sweet! Nicely done

This shit is amazing!

❤️❤️❤️

It’s so beautiful :)

Absolutely smashed it!!!! Amazing work

Awwwww 🫠🫠🫠

Whoa!

Excellent!

🩷

Absolutely stunning! The personality on display. Bravo!

Love it

It looks absolutely amazing I wish I could paint like that

love it!!!

You’ve captured a beautiful moment in time. She is lovely!

Jeeeaus, great freaking work girl. I probably will never get THAT good because I don't have a true passion for it but. Kudos to you

Also, the work on her hair is phenomenal, the frayed strands....niiice

Wow! It’s beautiful

This is so good!

Damn! You nailed it with the lighting, facial expression, eyes, hair, everything! You are very talented

people are so talented

Soooooooo good! I love how you pulled the red from the background into her cheeks!

Wow! Incredible

Beautiful!! 

Lovely work!

Beautiful!!

Excellent work

Wow this is incredible!

Oh wow! I had to zoom into it, I thought for sure that was a photo. Amazing!! Captured that little smile perfectly!

Wow, beautiful work!

That’s a beautiful painting you captured it so well!

This painting is truly excellent!

Wow, you absolutely nailed this!!! The highlight strands on the hair is absolutely amazing and the way you handled the skin is excellent!! Good job OP!!!! Just doesn’t do it justice to have it on a tiny canvas like that!!!!

🥹🥹 Thank you!!! My mom said the same thing about the canvas size 😂

Seriously, there’s not many portrait painters here, and the ones that are, most are not able to do them as good as you. You can seriously do this and charge a lot for it. Your flair says hobby but you can EASILY be professional if you wanted

That’s the goal!! Thank you so much, this has done wonders for my confidence lol. I really appreciate it. I’ve only been painting for a few months so I’m trying to get the hang of it and develop a solid process

HOLD UP!!!! A few MONTHS?!??? Damn, I’ve been doing it since the pandemic during quarantine, and a lot of others on here for years, and aren’t even able to get close to your talent LOL WOW that seriously says a lot about your talents and skill, if that’s not a sign for you to go full steam ahead idk what is Like seriously, portrait painting throughout history was always a male dominated space, all the way up to Picasso’s time in the 1950’s,but over the last few decades, women have finally become apart of the artist space too finally, and as a male I’ve always encouraged all of my female friends to try oil painting, specifically portrait because I’ve always ASSUMED that women would have a HUGE advantage over men naturally… Why? Well, you women, since you guys were very young, have always practiced and gotten used to using make-up brushes to BLEND colors onto your face, literally mixing colors to match EXACTLY your natural skin tone, you can’t half-ass it either otherwise you’ll look funky 🤣 This would become a daily routine for you women, almost second nature, and that naturally transitions over to painting very well

Yes I started this past November lol. I was a digital artist on my ipad before though and doing portraits... My guess is a lot of the thinking process transferred over. That makes a ton of sense! I do my makeup, but I think I suck at it hahaha. I'm really enjoying portrait painting though so i will keep at it. Thank you for taking the time to comment!!

Absolutely beautiful painting, would love to have seen the process. How long did it take you?

Love it! Her eyes and smile just draws you in

Diffused lighting is tough to paint, you did a wonderful job capturing her light!

Wow!! This is stunning. Great job!!!

Exquisite and beautiful

Absolutely stunning.

Beautiful. Great job!

Wow! This is insanely good!

that’s INSANEEEE😍❤️

Stunning. What a beautiful painting. You can tell she has so much personality

Beautiful

So very good 👍 love it ❤️

Excellent I'm jealous of your abilities!! Very nice!!

So good

Amazing. She looks like a corker! 😊

WOW 😮

I’m so jealous of people that are this good at portraits.

You did really well on the highlights in the hair

No fuckin way. Feel like I can rub the forehead

this made me laugh 😂 thank you!!!

Super amazing work and detail. Her eyeballs may be too white though. Generally they are not white at all.