Vermeer Vermeer, where for art thou, Vermeer?

Quite a bit of artistic license being employed today. Discovered a whole new level of respect for the turban tying skills of women in the 1600's whilst also discovering I have way too many scarves and yet none the colour way required. Many compromises made and despite my 'grumpy look' (as described by my loving children 😉) I had a lot of fun and am happy with the result. Looks at lot more like Vermeer's painting than I actually thought I'd achieve!

[Boxplayer]

Fecking brilliant! I am in awe!

[haskar]

Wow! Fabulous selfie. Wel done.

[Babs]

Brilliant what a clever idea fav

[Petespost]

Love the eyes

[Maxine Lathbury]

What an incredible portrait

[Dione Giorgio]

An amazing portrait and a big fav. Unbelievable how close to Vermeer's work it is.

[Pam]

This is awesome!!!

[Diana]

The most amazing selfie I have ever seen, absolutely brilliant Kartia!

[Krista Marson]

Ah! Good artsy portrait

[Susan Wakely]

You have replicated this so well. Impressed with the scarf.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Fabulous fv!

[Louise & Ken]

You did a wildly-stunning image! Bravo! If you're curious enough to look for it, one of my favourite documentaries of the past few years was called, "Tim's Vermeer" Talk about getting the colours right...! Having worked so hard, I think you'd enjoy seeing what "Tim" did!

[gloria jones]

Well done, Kartia! I love it.

[Carole Sandford]

What a great job!

[Suzanne]

Excellent and the pearl earring is perfect!

[Corinne C]

Wow, an amazing portrait!

[Valerie Morrison]

Very cool. Well done

[bkb in the city]

Great portrait

[moni kozi]

Nooooo waaaaayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

[Antonio-S]

I stopped at this photo and saw it as a photo of a picture / frame. It didn't impress me until I realized it was a selfie. The quality and strength of the image. Not being the style of Photography that I would do, I was surrendered and I have to put it as a fav

[Christina]

LOVE it!!!

[Petespost]

I thought that B/W would look interesting. What do you think?

[Jo Worboys]

Spitting image I'd say. And a fav for a brave photo making me smile. Good for you 😁

[Kartia]

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Thank you everyone. I am a bit blown away to be honest. Really wasn't expecting such an enthusiastic response to my bit of fun!

[Kartia]

@mirroroflife I do like that suggestion! Might give it a try this weekend Thanks!

[Kartia]

@Weezilou I looked up Tim's Vermeer and have it earmarked for the weekend 'cause it does look interesting but I really can't claim to have put in a lot of effort. I'm shocked at how 'easily' this picture really came together!

[Louise & Ken]

@kartia Well, then wait for the treat you're about to see! I can't tell you how delighted I am that I was able to share something like that documentary; I suspect you'll be so happy your efforts led you to it!

[Isabel Maria Oliveira]

Cool shot, Kartia|| Quite similar, indeed

[Renee Salamon]

Brilliant

[eDorre]

What a great image!

[Yao RL]

So cool to "get your hand dirty" to gain the inside.

[Nick]

So well done.

[Anita W]

Very cool!

[Kent Gustavsson]

Cool!

[Helge E. Storheim]

Super creative selfie/portrait

[Kartia]

@Weezilou Ridiculous as it sounds, I’ve only just gotten around to watching Tim’s Vermeer. I’ve had it earmarked for sooo loong! Thank you, I really enjoyed it. What an effort he made- just remarkable.

[Louise & Ken]

@kartia WOW! I had to go back and read through the discussion to remember what elicited this! I'm just as delighted today that you saw it! My enthusiasm for that film still stands, and I couldn't be happier that I was able to share it with you! Thanks for letting me know!