Amsi in her role as a musician of the court, holding a lute and dressed as some Egyptian dancers and musicians are. Wanted to get a sense of how to draw her hair and especially how to simplify it, since that first design is always the rough one and I wasn't using my usual tablet. I didn't simplify her hair at all, but it is nice and bouncy, so perfect.
Wanted to try using pure coloured pencils again and it was both fun and a challenge. I'm so used to the broad coverage of markers that I had to learn not to fight against the natural texture of the paper. This is a tan sketchbook, which I thought might make the white bits stand out more and soften the rest. It didn't soften it as much as I thought, but it still looks good.
Anyway, here's Wonderwall