De Kooning and Whistler

In the Spring I had a project where I was to take a portrait that was painted in the "classic" sense, and paint in the style of another artist of our choosing. This is where I really discovered Willem De Kooning's work, particularly his women series. His work still influences me in almost every thing I do.

So I took Whistler's "Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl":

And studied De Kooning's "Woman":

And ended up with this (Click to enlarge):