M2M Day 45: I started my self-portrait

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.

For the past couple days, I’ve been itching to start my self-portrait. So, today, I did just that.

After working for about an hour, I was able to finish sketching the outline of the head, hair, and neck.

And here’s a video of today’s progression.

So far, so good. Tomorrow, I’ll start blocking in the features.

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Max Deutsch is an obsessive learner, product builder, guinea pig for Month to Master, and founder at Openmind.

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