Based on a scene from the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake. She's my favorite character from that series, too.

I feel like the proportions and the pose have a lot wrong with them, but I don't know why, because I never drew her a skeleton. I just painted the dress and went from there, which I kind of regret. I do a better job of things if I think them through.

I am pretty pleased with how the bubbles came out, but I think the rippling effect of the surface, well, it's a good first try. I'll give it a few more tries, see if I can't get it to look less like paint brush marks. Anybody know anything about how to do that?

And any critique would be enormously appreciated.

Oil on canvas, about a month in AP Studio Art from start to finish.