Smile for Me by @aodhnait (Kitty Ryan)

Rositza Evans, a character who deserves so much more than my limited artistic skills can give her. I have discovered, now, why I like dark-skinned characters, or, in the other extreme, Geisha. They are both so much easier to shade! People who have hardly any yellow in their complexion, who are not wearing thick white facepaint, are very hard. I had to resort to grey here, and shudder it shows. Her eyes almost make up for it. Are they smiling?

Media: 6B pencil, watercolours.