Spring - oil painting project (first sketches)

Hi,

I would like to share with you all the steps that led to the realization of one of my last oil paintings.
Generally I know what I´ll do, it´s mean I have the images in mind before beginning.
I start scrawling to study the subjects I need. The image I have in mind is a young woman surrounded by butterflies, so this my start point.

Those are the first sketches I made to find the images I need before beginning painting.

The profile...

Searching for butterflies... and hands

Now a more surreal idea...

If you want to see it, in this post from a few days ago I draw the profile of woman I will use for my painting.
Here the link:
https://steemit.com/art/@jorgevandeperre/drawing-a-woman-profile