First of all, I would like to thank all of the people who have followed my WIP. I have moved them all into my scraps if you would like to see them.

This was a huge challenge for me just because of the size. I have never done a portrait this large before. The size left so much room for detail that I would have normally overlooked. A while back, I attempted to do a large portrait similar to this one, but was overwhelmed by the "bigness" of it all. This was to prove to myself that I could do it...

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Tools: Tissue paper, Q-tips, tortillons, Soft tip paintbrush
derwent pencils: 4h, hb, 2b, 9b
General's charcoal pencils: 2b, 6b
Kneaded Erasers, Click eraser, black eraser

14x17

100+ hours

Comments/critiques are welcomed

thanks

EDIT
Adjusted levels so it looks more like original