Portrait beginnings

Okay, I am doing portraits of my nieces for their mother (my sister in law) for Christmas. I know she might get to sneak a peek if I post a picture, but the finished product will be a far cry from what I have so far. This is from about 30-45 minutes of painting...

It took discipline to make myself work on this tonight...I got lost in the black hole of playing Sim City 4 since re-discovering the disc while cleaning.