Portrait Project

The photograph on the left is my grandma when she was 20 with my mom.
My Obaa-chan (grandmother) is visiting from Japan at the moment and I am working on a custom portrait for her. I've already finished a practice sketch and this weekend I plan to start working on a larger sheet of paper!!
I will be using graphite to recreate this photograph.
I kind of wish I mastered oil, but the past 3 years I've been focusing more on charcoal and graphite.
Maybe I'll experiment with oil next year.

Pictures of my progress will be coming soon.
Thanks for reading!