The Bearded Guy | 100% charcoal

Hello friends and my fellow artist/creative minds in @worldofxpilar how is the weather over there. As for me it's Windy, dry and cold in the morning but very hot at noon. We call it "harmattan". It is common down here in Africa...We are approaching December. How will you celebrate your Christmas?
Good day. I'm here to present my most recent realistic charcoal pencil portrait of my recent commission piece I did for my Friend Teejay Deitz. I did this drawing around September when it was still raining heavily down here.
The continuous rainfall could not allow me to take plenty progress shots like I always do, that's because I always take my shots outdoors and the 🌞 sun is my best light source.
The drawing was sophisticated.
I have other drawings that are even more sophisticated than this. I will share them here by next month.

Materials

Paper	FBB paper
Size	12 X 15 inches
Pencils	Charcoal pencil and Charcoal powder
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and watermelon vinyl eraser
Camera	Infinix Smart HD 2021
Duration	Approximately 7hrs
Location	Home

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait. I drew my grid lines and made my sketch then started shading it gradually. Starting from the hair down to her face and to the whole work which includes the neck and his clothe.

Progress shot 1

Progress shot 2

Progress shot 3

Finishing

Framed

Thank you so much. I appreciate you for checking my blog and artwork as well. I wish you a blissful festive season at hand. Stay blessed. Stay safe. Stay tuned. More works coming
Happy steeming 💙