Hello my fellow steemians! How are you doing this week. Happy new week. I pray for peace in all around the world as we step into a new year.
How was the weekend? Today is Sunday down here. I wish you a terrific new week 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 girlfriend on an occasion.
I know she will really like the surprise.

Materials

Paper	FBB paper AKA Art card
Size	20/20 inches
Pencils	Charcoal pencil and dust
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and nataraj vynil eraser
Camera	infinix mobile phone
Duration	Approximately 23 hours
Location	Home

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 the hair. 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. My client is getting his work next week but I was done with it long ago.

Step 1

Step 2

Finishing

Framed

Me and my work after framing

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🙏