My submission for the Artstyleart #10 challenge. This is a digital painting and I have included process steps below. As a reference for this challenge I used this beautiful photo by photographer Herman Damar of a young girl washing clothes in a river in Indonesia. I recommend looking at the whole series, they are beautiful, he captures such motion and life in his subjects!
First i did a very simple sketch:
Next I begin some basic colouring:
At this point I have most of the colours filled in except for the dress!
I started filling in the dress, I regret that I don't have the patience or skill to replicate the pattern, it would take me a week, lol.
Finally I smoothed everything out and blended while additionally adding more color to her skin tone and here we have the final product:
To join as well here is the contest! https://steemit.com/artstyleart10/@aksinya/10th-artstyleart-theme-announcement-realism-village-life-and-good-news-new-project-voice-of-steemit-supports-the-contest#comments
Thank you very much to 
Also I am having an art contest as well, please join there is still lots of time! https://steemit.com/art/@juliakponsford/artists-poets-and-musicians-get-in-here-i-m-having-a-creative-competition-with-prizes-art-explosion-week-4
