It was a miracle drawing Julia successfully on Jan. 14, 2021. I tried many times during past few years with referencing different photos of her and all failed, and I don't know why I bother again on Jan. 14, but I did. And I called it a miracle because I haven't drawn anybody for the entire 2020. Surprisingly from first pencil line down on her eyebrow, without erase or restart, I finished the outline easily as if I've practiced.
And also for some reason, I felt bold enough to experiment different way of coloring instead of my old way of following realistic direction when using color pencils. So I literally picked whatever color pencil that I saw through squinting my eyes slightly looking at her photo, which also meant that I didn't plan what color goes where. I was expecting ruining Julia's drawing, and I even warned her ahead of time and took a picture of the pencil outline as a memory, if I mess it up in the later process. Luckily it came together nicely, I can only think it's a miracle.
This drawing is done in pencil and color pencils.
