Shepherdess, or Little Girl, is the most representative work among Pissarro's rare figure paintings. It depicts a young shepherdess lounging leisurely on the green grass under a tree. The simple girl supports herself with her left hand on the ground and holds a twig in her right, evoking a sense of free and relaxed reverie. Clearly, Pissarro here practices Seurat's pointillist theory; the entire picture is formed by sensitive pointillist brushstrokes. Within harmonious blue-green tones, he captures subtle flickering light, presenting an unusually intimate and peaceful atmosphere and sensibility, constructing the stylistic paradigm unique to Pissarro's portraits. The artist wrote: "...The main signifier of painting things is to explore all possible methods without worrying about materials. One must choose a theme, look left and right; the whole painting is the arrangement, entirely through such colors and such brushstrokes, observing these mutual relationships. One must grasp immediate feelings through small brushstrokes and exploration. The eye must grasp the whole and examine the mutual relationships of surrounding colors."