As usual I went through a bunch of ideas. Last weeks painting was extremely bright and cheerful, so why not go for the opposite this time around?The focus on this one was on creating the impression of a strong, but thoughtful person. The first drafts had her simply looking puzzled but lacked any umph so spent the first two days trying a bunch of ideas, and throwing them all away. I wanted the focus to be on her eyes/glasses, and limited the colour scheme to purple/red, with blue tints in the background and her eyes and orange glasses. The hardest part was how to balance the red of her hair/lips, blue of her eyes and orange of the glasses while still creating consistency within the scheme.