Samurai in supplication 1

It has been a long, long time since I tried to draw anything with the intention of adding color. I probably could have started with a still life and drawn a bowl of apples and bananas, but I didn't feel like that had enough potential to drive me crazy. Somehow I got the bright idea to try drawing a samurai. After a while I came up with this to use as a photo study, with thanks to

This the rough pencil stage. Next I'll add ink.