excellent, I like the dead on look better-
I love how some people such as yourself can just use various colors, like purples in your case and it just still looks so natural and right

Thanks, but the reason I used those colors was because the ref has them.

and then I just dralled it right on there.

yup and it worked!

That's amazing. The colors, the dramatic lighting, the form, this portrait is excellent. You're not afraid to put down real color, it's a technique I'm only starting to warm up to in my own work.

you draw her lovely.