Kate Austen from "LOST" #2 (Actress Evangeline Lilly)

[LMan]

Another "Kate" drawing, this time in a contemplative mood.
Pastels / A4 tinted paper

[Chris Abbott]

Bloody hell... I'm always gobsmacked by the ability great artists have to do realistic looking hair and skin...

[Analog-X64]

Fantastic, the work on the hair everything.

[Chris Abbott]

Meanwhile, even my stick men come out wrong

[Vosla]

Your colour works are impressing, Lman!

[oj oscillation]

this is really fine art.
lman, you are a very talented at graphics and sound. keep up your works.

[LMan]

Thank you guys for the feedback!!!

[LMan]

#1: First and second skin layers of the face, as well as the eyes, are done

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#2: Lips, freckles and more skin detail. Beginning the hair foundation

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#3: Most of the hair structure is done. Even more skin layering and blood marks.

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#4: Added the arm and clothing. Here you can see on her chest, how the first skin layer is composed and blended of the most unlikely colours. :)

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#5: finished drawing. Chest layers completed. Refined the facial features and added highlights and a few more freckles. Cleaned up smudge marks. Added signature :)

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[Dumper]

Nice to see how it all came together. Thanks for posting those Markus.

[Vosla]

I love your step-by-step post and how everything falls in place to add up to the final piece of art!