I wanted to give a shout out to Amanda Harvey for the wonderful inspiration.

Okay so this doesn't look like her exactly but I did make a face that at least looks like she could be a real human being.  A bit of a fail really but I'm posting it anyway.  I made many mistakes and ended up redrawing her on another page. 

I was going to clap gesso to cover her up but then I thought better of it! Not all of my portraits are going to be "bang on". In fact the second drawing isn't a true likeness but I have to say....I like this woman too!

To cover up as many mistakes as possible I used gouache in my Stillman and Birn Epsilon sketchbook.