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Terri, John, Maria, Joan--thank you all! I've re-posted the photo of the whole portrait because I notied the shadow was much darker, browner and less transparent than it really is. Hopefully the new image is more accurate, though it's now last rather than first.
Maria, to answer your question, I wasn't as clear as I should have been when I said I had to "work fast." What I meant was I had about an hour and a half to get all the information before they finished the job, and they are not the type to pose idly between jobs. I only had time to do a few sketches and take photos. It was a gloomy day. The only light was from a light bulb in the ceiling, so I augmented that with a daylight spot as near to the bulb as I could get it. They actually were glad to have the extra light to work by. As they worked, I asked them to pause and do different things. When the job was finished I just prayed that I had captured what I wanted to capture! Usually I do a color sketch in oil but it was not possible in this case.
Joan, I had no choice of angles, since they were up on the scaffold. But I quickly decided this angle had wonderful dramatic possibilities.
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