Canvas painting: Freya

The Progress of 'Freya'

Why Freya? The name was given after i finished the painting - or actually it was after i had finished the colouring part. The name seemed to match her essence.  So i googled to find out if it had something to do with the meaning of it. 

Following paragraphs are concluded from various sites: 

The name is derived from Freyja, who is a Norse goddess of love and fertility and the mythological wife of Odin.She is a noblewoman and her name can also mean the Queen of Gods.  

Freya is a girl with a fierce amount of energy. She is smart, relentless and in tune with herself. She is determent and stubborn and loves most people IF they treat her right. She is a woman who knows her worth and takes crap from no one. She is smarter than you would think and she loves to compete with boys AND win. She bows for no man!  

She has deep desires for a stable, loving family or community, a need to work with other and to be appreciated. Her personality is like a party starter. She is the "hub" at the parties. She is more of a leader than a follower and has a powerful personality. She tend to focus on specific goals, experiences a wealth of creative ideas and also have the ability to implement them with efficiency and determination. She is a unique and creative individual and her weakness is that she is sometimes too stubborn, proud and impatient.

If you want to see the process of making Freya click on Read more below :)

Sketch first. Tried to make the lines as rough as possible.

The drawing was then transferred to the canvas
(slightly edited and added some details.)

The colour used is acrylic colours. Her cape has fine glitter dust
then swirly decoration on the cape.    

The final results with a diamond button that holds her hood
and purple flowers

The painting was finished in late February. I asked an old friend for some feedback and he said that the girl seemed very open but protected. 

Question: What is your interpretation of the picture? What draws your attention? (you can scroll up and see the picture in a bigger dimensions if you want :)