Hyperrealistic drawing of Sydney Sweeney ✏️🌹

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Hello! I am super excited to finally share the finished drawing and my experience of completing a hyperrealistic drawing of the talented actress, Sydney Sweeney. 💖🌹
Not that long ago, I found a perfect reference picture of her and knew I had to recreate it myself, so the first step was to translate her features onto paper. It took me approximately two hours to get the sketch just right.
Once the sketch was complete, the real challenge began – bringing the drawing to life through shading and detailing. I decided to start to block out the background, that way it was way easier for me to get the shading right, and then I contiued with the eyes...face. I gradually added more depth, detail and realism to the drawing.
As I worked my way through the face, I remained patient and focused on capturing the intricacies of Sydney Sweeney's features. The process was time-consuming, but the joy of witnessing the drawing come to life with each stroke made it all worthwhile.
In the reference photograph, Sydney's hands gently touch her face - replicating the texture of her clothes, the gemstones and the positioning and expression of the hands required so much attention to detail...
I hope I captured the textures kinda right.
And finally, I approached the last part - Sydney's stunning blonde hair. I dedicated several hours to capturing the unique flow and texture of her hair, making sure that each strand was faithfully depicted.
After numerous hours and days of focused dedication, I completed the hyperrealistic drawing of Sydney Sweeney.
Creating hyperrealistic drawings requires immense dedication, attention to detail, and countless hours of hard work...
And even tho I can always improve - I felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment seeing the likeness of Sydney Sweeney come to life on paper...

Materials:
~Size: A3 - 29,7x42cm.
~Paper : 250gms;
~Pencils, : Mechanical pencils, Graphite - Koh-i-Noor, Creatacolor... - H to 9B basically.
~Other materials for blending - q-tips, eyeshadow applicator, tissue.
~Sakura gel pen (white).

And now - here's the progress: