If this is Lehndorff in his "I'm gonna leave"-mode, I wonder what he was capable of in full "Prince Heinrich is the center of the world"-mode :'D

I have a WIP for you for this special occasion! I would have liked to finish it, but I have to wait for the paint to dry for the finishing details (the transparent jabot-thing) and the important parts are done anyway and it's his birthday ... so without further ado: Heinrich's portrait for my wall!



and the corresponding tumblr post on my newly (re-)established art blog ^^

This thing was done in oil paint and I still like it SO much better than acrylic, it's incredible. I'm rather satisfied with the hair, not quite as satisfied with the skin tone (mixing colours from scratch is not my forte, so it turned out rather pink...). Overall it's not as bad as others, I'm definitely improving my painting skills :D They still don't match my drawing skills, so Wilhelmine will remain the prettiest person on my wall for quite a while, but the birthday boy has definitely surpassed poor Fredersdorf :'D

P.S.: I spotted mildred_of_midgard 's Fanart post in Rheinsberg only fairly recently and I didn't get to thank you for that yet, so consider this my humble thanks to you :D I will get back to the list eventually! Possibly after repainting poor Fredersdorf. He's hanging right next to my computer and keeps looking at me with his sad, sad eyes.