Feb 14th: Graphite 3/4 Face #2

Is she less creepy? I think so. In desperate need of shading, the face looks more like the picture. I re-shaped the eye on the left. Turns out, the eyeliner really was throwing me off. So I pretty much erased a lot of it and focused on the shape of her eye. Now that I'm looking at it... the eyes might be too far apart. Hmm...I also had to lengthen her forehead which is something that shouldn't have to happen. The construction of the face shape should be something that's almost right on in the beginning. This late in the drawing, I really shouldn't be making changes. I don't have an excuse. In a lot of art books, they encourage you to draw the shape of the skull first. Seems like a lot of work to me, but seeing as my actresses forehead was too short, perhaps I should consider it. I need my kneaded eraser to pull light out in her eyes, but I don't have access to it at the moment. Once again, to shade I have 3 well worn stubs and a kleenex because I always forget the chamois at home. Sigh. I'm starting to think that it would be beneficial for me to draw some 3/4 faces from memory instead of drawing from a picture. Perhaps that would teach me more effectively how to pull it off.