Golden Gaze

I try to get some ethnic diversity into my artworks, as here in my recent acrylic sketch with limited palette. This lady was drawn without reference as part of a skill test to myself. I knew I wanted to use this palette starting out - raw umber and simply "violet"; since mixing purple is honestly one of the messier things to do, I like a pre-made one that I can shift. I used palette knives for the background and probably lost track of my lighting plan a few times, partly due to working obsessively without standing up to take a look from further away without lamp glare in my eyes. Yes, my workplace needs some adjusting.
For the golden spatter, paper covered the painting wile I used a mouth atomizer, spraying gold hue ink straight from the bottle. I like how the droplets become larger further away when used at an angle. My paints are Daler-Rowney system 3 plus Lukas Cryl, and Rohrer&Klingner ink. Metallic media don't scan all that well so this is more pretty in person.

"Golden Gaze", A4, acrylics and ink on Yupo paper. The original is available on Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/de-en/listing/1741622409/gold-and-acrylic-portrait-of-a-bald