This is a portrait I did of a extremely charming little girl. She's the lovely daughter of long time family friend, Karla. I have missed spending time with the family, and Natalie Jr., as she's called. She's named after her Aunt, so added the Jr. as a pet name. I was sent photos of her and fell in love with her delighted expressions and couldn't resist doing her portrait. I will work on a fairy portrait of her in the future, probably several. I am just starting on a portrait of her equally charming brother, Scott. Another adorable child full of mischief, but knows how to make you smile with his antics. I painted this portrait using my computer art software, Corel's Painter IX.5 while using an electronic art tablet, my Wacom tablet. I use a wireless stylus pen , not a mouse to draw and paint. This is not photo shopped or manipulated. I chose the colors, the brush sizes, shapes, the type of media to use. I used airbrushes, pastels, watercolors, and blended the medias with water (all choices in the art program)to create this soft look and style. I did use some special brushes to ad the fairy dust and water bubbles in the background to add some texture to the work. As I have to draw and paint every stroke, it took hours of work for me to complete this portrait. It does have the advantage of not setting up supplies, or cleaning up, and I can go back and make changes. I save the work in a photo file in stages, in case I don't like a result, or my computer glitches so I don't lose the work. I plan to upgrade my software soon again, which will give me better control and brushes, mediums to chose from. I love the challenge of working with digital painting. Please note that whenever I do photo manipulate a work, I do list it as such. I can do both kinds of work. More portraits to come soon!