The first one was this reference of the musical performer, Madonna.
I played around with the combination of yellow background purple color pencil and white colored pencil for highlights. This is not a flattering color for her skin but it was just a study of the exact colors, yellow and purple with little mixing as possible.
Madonna song and video, “Ray of Light” was very popular and successful at the time. It was inspiring to me. Not afraid of self expression. She also was studying Kabbalism which will probably explain her interesting design on her face. Not sure, don't quote me !
