firefly Inara

firefly Inara, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

Today's portrait practice, this time with firefly's Inara, played by Morena Baccarin. I really like how this one turned out, even if not spot on. I've had a hard time doing the variations of 3/4 profile portraits for the longest time, so this is an enjoyable success.

1hr 15 min or so, colored pencil on large grocery bag. Decided not to fill in the bulk of her hair - one because I like it, and the other being the reference picture was very low on detail in that regard.