Female pirates

Part of being an artist is being able to do a lot of different types of work,  although I do paint I also draw and I really think my drawings come out better, in my mind I work better with the pencil.  However, you can work in any medium you like, oil, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, pen, color pencil, or inks and pastels.

So anyway this is my version of what Grace O'Malley looked like,  She was considered the Pirate Queen. She is the first female pirate I intend to do, I'm going to try and draw at least 5 female pirates, those that I found to be real, there are a few who were possibly fictional characters.  First time I did red hair, this is a pencil drawing on a 9 x 12 general sketch paper and colored with Crayola color pencils.