Small Studies for Corporate Portrait and Sargent Copy

Sargent Copy, Patricia Bennett, 5x7, acrylic on paper

 My daily Sargent painting copy.

Two Ideas for Corporate Portrait, acrylic on paper, Patricia Bennett

I'm getting ready to do a 30x40" portrait of a corporate executive.  These are a couple of pose ideas.  The dark background is classic, but doesn't quite work for me.