A couple of weeks ago, I was struck with an overwhelming urge to paint a Mayan woman.  Did I have any idea what a Mayan woman would look like??  Nope, not at all so of course I chose to research this idea quite thoroughly.  I planted myself on my couch and watched 'Apocalyptico'...twice!  Yeah, that's right I said it! lol  No, in all seriousness, I had watched it a couple of nights before I wanted to paint anything of that era and it probably just got stuck in my head so I watched it again and started doodling in my travel book:

As you can see I decided I liked the third thumbnail with the back facing forward and the face at a side profile.  I attempted changing the side profile so that it would show more of the facial features but it looked somewhat awkward and I just wasn't overall that fond of it.  After a few more failed sketches that I didn't both to post, I basically ended up with this:

I dont know...  Still working on it and I have no idea what I'd like the colors/background to be, just thought I'd share.