old skin

Spent time working on a portrait today. It took acrylic, watercolor, oil paint, prismacolor pencils, graphite, and charcoal to make this work, and I can't even see it all in there anymore. But it was fun and quite a learning experience. I like the fade away on the side. I followed some good advice for this one...starting with a medium valued surface before starting my work. Thanks Mr. Lovell. I'm happy with that approach.

Sketchy sketch...