Portrait of a Japanese Lady (Progression)

(Disclaimer)The actual subject of this drawing is far more beautiful than I drew her to be. Here she’s got chubby cheeks....

Above is the finished drawing. Below I will show you some shots of the progression. Starting with the outline.
I’m a slow worker. It’s death by a thousand paper marks with me.

Here I’ve skipped a lot of important detail but I’ve basically gone for the jugular by filling in the most important parts!
At this point I wasn’t sure if I’d even do the hair because I’m a bit lazy by nature but I did and I’m glad I did.

Below you can see how I go about doing hair. It takes me quite a long time because I work into the drawing so as not to make any big mistakes!

This is it pretty much finished apart from a final flourish that I added. I hope you like it if you’re checking it out. It’s definitely not my favourite drawing. It’s never good when you don’t do someone justice but there are some elements I’m satisfied with. Some areas of her hair look pretty cool. At least I think so. Let me know what you think!