Competition 94 - Portrait (Sweet Baby)

Welcome to my blog my fellow steemians! Happy new month. I hope you are having a great new week. Happy new week to you. My dear members of worldofxpilar I am here to share my most recent realistic charcoal pencil portrait of my recent commission piece I did for my client. I also want to use this opportunity to thank @xpilar for organizing this amazing contest. This job took me days because I actually want it to be one of my best for my client. She wasn't just an unknown client. I celebrate myself for spending such a great amount of time to come up with this excellent artwork for my honorable client. Thanks for viewing.

Materials

Paper	Needle Point paper
Size	08/10 inches
Pencils	Charcoal pencil and clutch pencil
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and nataraj vynil eraser
Camera	infinix mobile phone
Duration	Approximately 36 hours
Location	Home

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait drawing.

I drew my grid lines and made my sketch then started shading it gradually. Sometimes I usually start some of my portraits from the hair, but in his case I started with the eyes, nose, down and lips. This is to helps me work downward and from left to right before moving down to the clothing. I do this to avoid smudging the part I may have already worked on. I really took my time to include everything in detail. Making sure nothing was left out since I want my client to really appreciate a good work. I always feel honoured when my works are appreciated.And I know myself. I know I'm always committed to excellence regardless of who my client may be.
Here are the progress shots. I hope I did well? This is what I was made for. My works makes me super excited.
Just go through the progress shots and don't fail to leave a comment and upvote. Thanks.

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Finishing

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I will like to invite my friends @josepha @alexanderpeace @nsisong2022 and @destinedhanik to join this thoughtful contest.

Thanks for checking my blog and artwork as well. I hope you like the portrait sketch, stay tuned, more works are coming. I remain Tempest Art.
Happy steeming friends👍