First Entry into @skyleap's "Portrait Challenge"

This is my first entry into the "portrait Challenge" Challenge by

The link to the contest is below:

As most of you would know,

Hive account@skyleap is an amazing artist, and have drawn many fantastic portraits for several Steemians.

The theme of the contest is:
"Please draw a Hive account@skyleap's portrait."

As I also enjoy drawing, I knew that I had to participate in this challenge
I drew with pencil and edited it slightly on computer

Hive account@skyleap's portrait

This version is without the background

A few progress pictures

I started off with a rough sketch of

Adding more detail

Fine tuning the shading

Again working on the contrast of the face and the hair

Adding my Steemit user name

Editing the drawing slightly on computer

And this is it

Thanks for your time and have a great day!