Blue Requiem

I don't really have any deep and brooding meaning for why I painted this. It was just a mixture of things I commonly like to draw and paint that ended up on the same piece of paper. It worked out well, however.
25"-17"
Graphite, charcoal, black pencil crayon and acrylic paint.
Ten hours.

EDIT:
The beautiful woman in the reference I used by some magnificent feat found this piece and she left the most lovely comment on it, It's only right that I give her credit on her wondrous face and beautiful photography skills.


EDIT:
A few months back I entered this piece into a scholarship competition to possibly win tuition for my first year studies at ACAD.
I entered this piece and another you can find in my gallery entitled 'Delicate'.
This particular piece was chosen to be a part of the gallery, out of a little over a hundred pieces submitted, seventy five contestants made it through. Some grade eleven, which are competing for a summer program and then my category which was grade twelve students competing for tuition.

April 14th was the award day. I went not expecting much since I didn't think I would win. The grade eleven prizes were announced first and then my category. The first name that was called was my friend which was so amazing since we are from the same school.
Then it was MY name.
This piece won me tuition completely paid for by the school. Needless to say I was a blithering mess of happy tears.
It really is a testament to how much I really am meant to go to that school, that my art will take me places, it already has.

And also, because of my win the same amount of money for my tuition gets matched and sent to the art program at my highschool where my teacher, Barth, can buy all kinds of new art materials for future students.
NOT ONLY THAT, but since Iara won too and she goes to the same school as me, he gets even more money! Nine grand in art materials all together!

The whole thing is really surreal and just so wonderful and to not have to worry about tuition because of simply being talented is too amazing for words.
Thank you for all the support, you guys, on this piece especially.