I decided to experiment on a canvas board using different media. I transferred a sketch of a face that I made onto an already painted background. For the skin tone I used a layer of titan buff fluid acrylics, after that was dry, I applied a layer of Golden's Acrylic Ground for Pastels. My next step was to use pastels but I picked up the wrong box (non-smear) and, as expected, they didn't blend very well. I then moved over to Prismacolor Colored Pencils and did the rest of the shading and highlighting. For the very bright highlights, I used a white gel pen.

My next step is to add her hair. I think I am going to make her a redhead after which I will finish off the background. Check back to see how I finish her.