M2M Day 37: This is actually going to work
This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For December, my goal is to draw a realistic self-portrait with only pencil and paper.
Today, like yesterday, I continued adding tonal values to the portrait. I spent a little less than two hours, and am getting really excited about the results.
Here’s where I stopped yesterday.
I proceeded today by first addressing the nose.
Then, I addressed the right half of the face — further developing the shadow.
Next, I moved on to Derren’s hair and beard.
Since the demo portrait in course is based on a long-haired female model, I had to do a bit more freestyling at this point. I think it works.
I continued with the upper part of the beard, and finished up for the day.
Tomorrow, I need to finish the mouth, the ear, the neck, the lower part of the beard, and perhaps the clothing.
Getting close…
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