Portrait Commission WIP 1 & WIP 2

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few weeks! Life has kind of swept me off my feet and I havent really had time to draw! I do have a further WIP to upload for the Field of Lilies piece but until I get around to that, please enjoy some early works in progress of a portrait commission I'm working on :)

Below, is also the reference photo I'm using for comparison. I still have a long way to go but the foundations I have so far are going well I feel :-)

On a further note, its so HARD to try and get a decent photograph.. either the lighting in England, or my camera, is terrible lol. I had to edit the heck out of these to try and get the contrast right and its still nowhere near... technology fail!