Author's Note: I attempted to copy Eurydice's painterly style here, with a detailed background and full length portrait. I also tried to use her techniques of painting layers upon layers to build up detail. Hope you like it! Please critique - this will be a wedding present for my sister (the subject of the entry) and anything I can do to make it better is good! :)
Here's the WIP including closeup details
And here are my references
Full view is 1500px wide but for OMFGoodness, try this version - it's over 3600px wide!