Blue Butterflies WIP

Hi guys!

The finished work is here! [link]

EDIT: Definitely the last WIP. Should be done by tomorrow...if I have the patience to draw complex hair for three days in a row! This is, by far, the most fun I've ever had with charcoal!

Alright, my second entry for a challenge. The first one I did was in December 2011!

Anyway, this is a brilliant reference ([link]) by , who has a brilliant gallery as well! Go check her out, you guys! The challenge this month is charcoal. Oh I've been getting itchy to use charcoal again and this is perfect!

Specifics:
Time taken: So far, around 8-9 hours.

Stuff I used: Charcoal pencils, Willow charcoal, kneaded and hard erasers, blending stump and tortillion, and loads of tissue to save my hands from the horror!

Size of the portrait: Around 37.5 X 27.3 cm(squared)

So, what do you think? So far so good? Not? Let me know!

Thanks!
-S.