Wax Bloom

Here’s where the portrait stands this morning:

Ganz, The Sequel | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 12 x 9"

And as promised, here are a couple more close-up shots taken in better light. Images link to their full sized counterpart:

And lastly, compiled for a question from a Flickr user, this is the palette I am using with this drawing:

• Peach
• Nectar
• Beige
• Blush Pink
• Copenhagen Blue
• Dark Umber
• White
• Terra Cotta
• Salmon Pink
• Light Umber
• Sand
• Light Peach
• Blue Slate
• Moss Green
• Scarlet Lake
• Deco Pink (used sparingly, as just a tiny tiny nub is all thats left of this discontinued color)
• Cream
• Pink Rose
• Sky Blue Light
• Sienna Brown
• Burnt Ochre
• Crimson Lake
• Peacock Blue
• Warm Gray 90%
• Black
• Derwent Rose Pink (poor substitute for Deco Pink)
• Cool Gray 70%
• Sandbar Brown
• Dark Green
• Cool Gray 10%
• Warm Gray 30%
• Cool Gray 50%
• Yellow Ochre
• Parma Violet
• Lilac