Almost there!

Well, yesterday I got really into the portrait & pretty much finished it. After I finished Roli's face I realized that I hadnt taken ANY pics while I was working...Ooops!

The portrait is looking AMAZING, but now that I have slept and not been staring @ it for hrs on end I see some things that I want to change...minor things, of course. Like the skin texture....Will's face has a very smooth texture, but Roli & Leahs' have a very painterly style going on. Gotta fix that :)

AND....he's DONE! :)

Started the day off well & finished the majority of Will's skin tones.

Added some finishing touches by darkening the shadows on his face.

One layer of color on his hair

Mixing in the blond highlights....I had to include my "Oops" eraser...its so cute :)

Added in different shades of brown to give the hair more depth

FINISHED! 

Went over the sharpie outline one last time & finished up his shirt :D

Overall, a quick finish & now to move on to lil roli!

My workspace :) 

I started Will's eyes & plan on finishing him completely today....here's hoping :D

Here are the colors that I will use on their eyes & skin tones....plus some brown shades that arent in there. Glad I noticed that now! There will be close to 12-13 layers of colored pencil on the each face.

I ALWAYS do the eyes & mouth first....just the way I have done it since I started drawing faces. They are the most fun to me :)

4 layers of color...just getting the base color down, then I move on to just adding color darker/shaded areas of the face.

5 layers...time to take a break!