CHARCOAL PORTRAIT OF IDARA-ABASI AKA BABY G.O.

Hello steemians and members of this community. Happy new month once again. August is great already. I humbly present to you my recent charcoal/graphite drawing of IDARA-ABASI ODUDU EKAN I did recently. She's my friend's daughter. Her parents will be celebrating her birthday towards the ending of this month. And I took one of the pre-birthday picture from their social media handle and do a free portrait for them, just to honour the event. IDARA-ABASI will be one year old. I wish her more life. cheers 🥂 to the future. I hope her parents will love this.

ABOUT IDARA-ABASI AKA BABY G.O.: Idara-Abasi Odudu Ekan
From Ekom Iman, Etinan.
A gift child to the family of Mr. & Mrs Odudu Kemfon Ekan who are both teachers.

She has a pet Foundation named after her IDARA-ABASI CHILDREN CARE FOUNDATION (ICCF). The foundation provides Free School Uniform to vulnerable school children in remote villages in Akwa Ibom State to give the children a sense of hope and encourage them to continue in the path of light which is Education.

IDARA-ABASI is popularly known as BABY G.O. a nickname that directly links her to God which have almost replaced her real name.
In case you want to know about her father. He's a very famous man in my city. He's the founder of IMPACT LIFE FOUNDATION. A group group of people who goes around villages in Akwa Ibom state gifting free uniform to less privilege children in primary schools. Just follow the link if you want to know more about him.

Here is a link to a portrait I did for her famous father and his ex girlfriend : https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@tempestinyang/her-excellency-s-birthday-or-charcoal-portrait-for-her-birthday-gift-1-1-2022

Beauty as the saying goes is in the eyes of the beholder. A lot of people define beauty differently depending on what their set standard on beauty is. A lot of people in general love beautiful children. But if I may ask what is beauty? Who is beautiful and who is not? This portrait answers all of those questions. Enjoy the process. She is so cute. She's my child celebrity.

Materials

Paper	Unknown paper
Size	9X11 inches
Pencils	Charcoal and graphite
Eraser	Tombo mono zero
Camera	Infinix mobile phone
Duration	Approximately 37 hrs
Location	Home

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait.
I drew my grid lines and made my sketch then started blocking in the dark parts. Starting from the eyeballs.

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Finishing

Framed

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It's my pleasure you went through my blog and post as well. Thank you so much. I appreciate your effort
Happy steeming. I love drawing. I love this community and want to keep sharing my works and thoughts here. More works coming all in the next month. keep steeming 💎