Grandmother's Shawl

L is my model for this little watercolor, (7.25x8.50 in.). She is wrapped in a beautiful shawl made in Indonesia with intricate hand-embroidered flowers all over. This wrap was my Grandmother's.

I loved how the sun hit the far side of L's face and the front of the shawl.

John Singer Sargent painted a number of figures wrapped in these huge, paisley-trimmed shawls that he had collected in his travels. My set-up for this little painting was inspired those paintings.