Study - painterly style

This was an exercise that I did using a brush set I created.
The exercise here was only about using these brushes to do the image. It took me 4 hours.

reference photo : http://payload59.cargocollective.com/1/1/48154/3481247/prt_220x300_1338165115.jpg

Brush set download : http://reffelia.deviantart.com/art/Brush-set-painterly-603768406