Love the show, love her, and I've since learned that her skin is crazy perfect! And as nice as her hair is as well, it's a nightmare to draw. I hate hate hate drawing hair, and with good reason as you can see This is also partly why I rarely draw females... but I will rise above it for the sake of Bones fandom!
Done with a 4B, and big thanks to emily-deschanel.org for supplying the photo reference
Ah x) I don't know really, I guess I just try to draw exactly what I see? In my more recent drawings I've used a grid to position the drawing on the page, which is very useful. Other than that, I'm not sure What techniques do you use?