Via 's request, here's a pencil sketch of one ofher favourite photos<a/>- copyrighted to G W Burns and Catalina Lissett aka Vivenrican.

Interesting how the same beautiful model who made my 100th Deviation makes my 200th! This came about when she gave my piece 'Sanctuary' a and said she'd like a drawing of her done in a similar style. Well, how could I refuse? I asked if she had a particular image in mind and, lo and behold, she provided me with one.

T'was pretty daunting at first- the background was rich with detail, and for my first years here at DA (and indeed in a lot of my drawings), my backgrounds have either been shades of colours or just left blank. But overcoming artistic challenges is part of letting your talent grow, so I tackled it head on. It took me a while to do- mainly due to the background shading- but I finally managed to shade in the last 2 steps of the stone staircase and, after a couple of checks and tweaks, decided it was finally done.

Hope you all like it, or at least point out which bits could do with some tweaking , and for Catalina, hope you like it too

Materials Used: 5H-9B pencils, photo reference.
Time Taken: Altogether? probably about 3 hours+

(don't know if this requires a mature content tag- there is a bare breast, but the 'offending nipple' is hidden via shading and Catalina's arm. I think I can get away with it )