This is a beautiful yet disturbing bridal painting that I feel displays some of the key features I interpret Miss Havisham to have.They is a strong sense of pain and the bride looks very disconnected with the world. Very much like Miss Havisham, who has completely lost touch with the outside world. Her world has become entangled in the pain and sorrow of her wedding day and focusing on getting pay back towards men through the manipulation of Estella. 

The bride in this painting seems as if she is fading away. Her dress no longer looks new and beautiful. The dull colors reflect the overall sadness of the image. 

Sometimes Miss Havisham can be perceived as more of a monster than anything else, but in fact she is victim of  punishment and heartbreak. The eyes are intense in this image, an important feature on anyone they allow you to see with in. Although on the outside she may appear to be this hard, callus, manipulative character if you look into her eyes I want the audience to get a true sense of her suffering and anguish. 

Looking back at what Miss Havisham would have been like on her wedding day is an essential key to developing her as a character. Although she was never to marry, her entire life is based around that one day. She has made it as though time has stood still, she is desperately grasping on to those happy memories she once has. 

This portrait depicts a young Victorian bride. She is beautiful and looks so innocent, I imagine Miss Havisham to have once been this way. Although I want to portray her as a woman that has completely deteriorated I also what to capture the beauty she once had. As I believe time could never destroy that character she was before, when she was young and in love. 

The fabrics used for this brides outfit are beautiful and luxurious. Miss Havisham was and still is very wealthy. Her wealth would have been demonstrated through her wedding dress especially.