This is WIP 4 of 4. I've had a lot of people ask me to do some step scans for Blonde hair, and thought this would be a good one. NOTE: I will post the FINAL in actual size, but these WIP's will be larger, so you can see the details.
Katie Herzig is a Singer-Songwriter from Nashville. She is part of the highly acclaimed group of Singer-Songwriters known as "TOT" or "Ten out of Tenn" (Tennessee), along with my song Andrew Belle. Katie is the one who sang on my son's song "Static Waves"
SIZE: 6.5 x 8 inches TIME: about 10-12 hours PAPER: Bristol Smooth 300 series PENCILS: Staedtler H, HB, F, B, 2B
HERE, I've started to "swipe" out some highlights in her hair, using both a kneaded eraser and a "Tuff Stuff stick eraser. After that I spent a couple hours working out the rest of the hair details. She had a sweater on, which I wasn't even going to try to draw all the threads and holes, so I tried to create something that looked close. The photo had a pure white background, and I felt she got washed out, so I decided to darken it.