So after a couple of weeks taking care of getting my health in order (or starting to), I'm back to working on my mini portrait of @krishnadraws.

I had to make a big decision. The reference photo of Krishna is black and white. So I had to decide if I wanted to stay with black and white, or add color. As you can see I decided for color. While I have worked in black and white before, I'm just never happy with the outcome because it looks so bland to me. So in this case I chose to add skin tone.

This is a base tone, and I will add highlights and shadows as I progress. I do not use a skin tone out of the tube, but have learned how to mix my own with, reds, blues, and yellows with a bit of white to lighten. So @krishnadraws if this base skin tone doesn't look right to you, I can always adjust, you only have to let me know.