Christy , thank you !
SB :
Ilaria : yes I wanted a clair-obscur to accentuate even more the luminosity of the baby skin. As she was 3 months old and could go no where, I had time to develop the lighting I had in mind : I had a speedlight with a small diffusor coming the right, balanced with a strong reflection of the sun coming from down-left, which filled a lot the shadows. Then, when I painted it I changed the lighting of the box, like if the fill did not exist.
It's subtle enough that it doesn't look weird, but as you noticed she seems to radiate light.
For the accessories, I wanted to keep them simple, but very rich material, I just had a hard time finding the model of the frame, which I had to change to adapt my project. In this painting. My influence from Italian Renaissance is so strong in this painting that I finally chose a Roman frame from the 17th century.
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