After not being able to paint for MONTHS (I had like painters block) I finally was inspired to just do a portrait of one of my favorite singers, Brandy. I decided to not just paint this portrait but to make it into a Speed Painting I could also upload onto my YouTube page.

In the beginning I was going to just strictly copy the photograph, but I quickly felt constricted and wanted to add more from my imagination.

Before I knew it, the portrait had turned into a weird, serpent like Shampoo advertisement. :XD: I am always fascinated by those amazingly unrealistic Shampoo/ Hair Dye ads you see in magazines so I welcomed it. Definitely was thinking about those ads in the back of my head while painting this. But yeah, I just let loose and it all came pouring out.

You can watch my process of digitally painting this on my YouTube page. You can click the link below or simply go to YouTube.com and search for "Chip Whitehouse Brandy." I spent God knows HOW many hours on this :stupidme: but you can watch all my hours of work in just a few minutes. So please check it out!

Here is the direct link to the video on YouTube: [link]