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Gemmy Woud-Binnendijk Photo Portrait exercise

Found a beautiful portrait photo by Gemmy Woud-Binnendijk that I wanted to redraw as an exercise and add more color to the original, weak color always being one of my problems.
Created in Clip Studio Paint.

Final Image

Final Image

Draw eyes and block in skin. I always do the eyes before the face as they have the highest contrast. They give you a reference for values around them

Draw eyes and block in skin. I always do the eyes before the face as they have the highest contrast. They give you a reference for values around them

Finished the block in

Finished the block in

Hair and Face blended

Hair and Face blended

Hair Detailed

Hair Detailed

Face detailed and re-blended, background blocked in

Face detailed and re-blended, background blocked in

Eye and Nose Detailed

Eye and Nose Detailed

Color difference from original

Color difference from original