First Girl

So, I've been wanting to try my hand at a mixed media type girl,and this is my first.  

I made her with the help of THIS video, which I needed badly for info on shading.  Shading has never been my strong suit...and honestly, I found the whole this pretty boring...until I saw this video.  It was definitely a boost to my understanding to see how she did things!

So here is my first girl partway through:

And here she is finished:

I wish I had some before pictures that would show just how much the one video helped me!  It was amazing how much better this is than what I was doing before!