A BIRTHDAY PORTRAIT FOR A BOSS | charcoal on FBB paper

Hello my fellow steemians! How are you doing this weekend. Happy weekend.
How was the week. Today is Saturday here. I wish you a terrific new weekend as I share my post with you. My fellow members of @worldofxpilar I am here again to share my recent realistic charcoal pencil portrait of my recent piece I did for my client who decided to surprise his Boss.
The portrait was commissioned by my friend. She is my good friend. But this is my first time doing a portrait for her.
This work is one of my biggest this year.

Materials

Paper	FBB paper
Size	24/36 inches (2 by 3 feet)
Pencils	Charcoal pencil and dust
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and nataraj vynil eraser
Camera	infinix mobile phone
Duration	Approximately 21 hours
Location	Studio

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait.
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, mouth and other features of the face. Then I got to the face and started working on the features of the face gradually as usual. This is to helps me work downward and from left to right before moving down to the clothing. Though I used a piece of paper to place my hands. I do this to avoid smudging the part I may have already worked on. I really took my time to include everything in detail even though I was not accurate exactly the way it is in the reference. Making sure nothing was left out since I want you to really appreciate a good work. And I know myself. I know I'm always committed to excellence regardless of who it may be.
Don't forget to tell me how it goes. Stay tuned.

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Finishing

framed

Posing with the portrait

Reference

Thank you for going through my blog and artwork as well. I hope you like the portrait, stay tuned, more works are coming. I remain Tempest Art. I hope you love the portrait
Keep steeming friends🙏