Shanghai peasant portrait

i was in Shanghai last year, and while out on the film shoot this Chinese peasant (to call her that seems really odd and demeaning, but i can't think how else to describe her because she was obviously very poor) was collecting all the discarded recyclable water bottles that the crew was drinking then tossing away. she was really friendly and seemed interested so i approached her about taking her picture. she seemed fine with it and posed for a couple snaps. i finally got time to paint her portrait digitally using Painter X and took advantage of the great natural bristle brushes and palette knifes. i sure do love that program!

some more Shanghai paintings coming over the next few months.