Chinese Queen (Patreon)

I've posted an initial sketch for this much earlier, but as it happens, it didn't work when I was trying to paint it. I should've saved and posted the new sketch that resulted in this as well but I didn't think it would work eitherat that time and was past that before I knew it. It did work but the sketch got assimilated in the painting in the process. I have to get used to a new way of working. 

What I didn't like about the first sketch was that it didn't manage to convey majesty, and a  dominant yet elegant and soft mood. I think this one does that pretty well.