Pauline - Finished

I think I'm finished!
This may be tweaked a little further, depending on what my mother thinks of it, but at the moment, I am done.

This is my grandmother on my mother's side, and this picture is my mother's Christmas present. It's intended as a companion piece to 'Gladys' - the portrait I did of my other grandmother - they are both the same size and have similar backrounds, etc.

A huge thankyou to everyone who helped me out with this, I really appreciated all your suggestions, they were a great help. (I've moved that version into my scraps). I tried to fix up everything you all pointed out as well as I could in the limited (and sleepy) time avaliable, and I hope I did well.

Time taken: Around 20-25 hours, all in the early morning!
Materials: 110gsm Quill sketching paper, 0.5 mechanical pencil with #B lead, #8B solid graphite pencil, blending stumps, tissues, cotton buds, plastic, kneadable and electric erasers.
Size: Nearly A3
Reference from a photograph of my grandmother, taken in 1950, when she was 20.

I hope you like it!

And PS - My mother loved it, so I am happy!