Painting

Here is a painting that I am working on. I was commissioned by my father in law to paint a picture of this little boy. My father in law had a professional photograph made of the kid and asked me to paint it. I couldn't do it. I tried but I can't stand making such static paintings. So I took two photographs from my wedding and fused them with photoshop. The background is from one photo and the boy is from another.

The lighting is a little strange since it is evening and the room is quite dark. There is a spot light on it as well which puts a bit of a glare in the middle and upper right and causes darkness in the lower left. Next picture I will take in the day time. 

I decided to post because I've sort of come to a stand still and can't motivate myself to keep working on it. Perhaps I will want to hurry up and finish so that I can re-post.
I have another commission that I am really excited to do because the photograph is great. The colors and shapes really attract me so hopefully I will quickly finish this little Federico and start up my next painting.