Self-portrait Progress
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Caleb
Currently working on a self-portrait in my art class. I used 2B graphite pencil and a tortillion to get my values and shading. Thoughts/critiques?
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Christopher Beaven
The drawing is done well you have everything in the right place, good job on that! The biggest problem I see here is exactly what I tend to do all the time which is go into details before establishing the big light and dark shapes. I did a quick overlay on top of your drawing to establish the shadow shapes away from highlights on the forehead. I don’t know if this really will help but I feel that establishing these basic shadow and light areas allows the form of your head to read a bit better. let me know if that is helpful. And keep drawing!
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Caleb
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post! As for the light and dark shapes, I wanted to save filling them until I've outlined all the main highlights and then fill the dark space. I don't typically do portraits but it was a nice change of pace and I appreciate the kind words! In the future I will make sure to clearly establish where the shadows and highlights start and stop, thank you for the critique.
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