These drawings are in no particular order. . Some are better than others. Two problems i am working on are too big of eyes and flat lips/mouths. Oh and I definitely need to learn how to draw hair. It just didn't feel right to leave them bald lol. It's all a work in progress. I've had a lot of fun doing these

I tried to go through all 10 without too much looking back, just to see what I actually remembered. I found it really helpful to just keep going, but take notes on everything I couldn't remember so I knew exactly what to review from the lessons. This project showed me that the first problem I need to solve is getting all the features to feel like they're facing the same way in perspective. I consistently had trouble getting the lips to feel like they attached to the same plane as the nose - to me they look like they're projecting in different directions. If I get this foundations solid, I think it will me the other (ahem) myriad problems easier to work on. Really looking forward to the critique video to get some insights into how to solve these early stage problems!

I feel like i have learned a lot from this course, glad i took it.

Found time to practice some more. This is definitely a good exercise. Still kind of struggling with the ambient lighting though. All the photos on line-of-action have this kind of lighting, and it's just hard to pick up on subtle differences. Knowing the surfaces helps though. Hair is still tough. Something else I learned from these drawings is, I've always found it hard to find the bottom or top planes of the inner eye lids. But after drawing that one guy without, I noticed that it does look very flat. So it's always there, and it definitely is better to draw it in. I think eyelashes hide it, so that's why I never noticed until now.

Fourth assignment

I tried drawing someone following the steps. I tried using less lines and tried keeping the ones that would show me the surface and how to render the skin. It was tough, but it was a really good exercise, and I feel like I understand the process better. Some things I noticed was that it's really difficult to render a face under ambient light, and that the eye I drew is a little larger than it actually is. Also hair is tough.

Finished rough shading.

Here's 10 from scratch (finally). I've got along way to go but have certainly found the course rewarding so a big thanks for that

hello again! i uploaded my attempts of drawing faces right after finishing the course a year or so ago. (https://www.proko.com/s/dqKA) since then i haven't stopped trying to get better: i'd like to think there is some improvement to be noticed. i still struggle, and make ton of mistakes (second face here is rather questionable...), but i came here to say that i don't think i could have ever gotten to this point without this course, so thank you again, Mr Hampton! (third one was a style study of disco elysium!)

First five are continuations and last are from scratch. Not sure how I managed to change the ethnicity of number 8. Struggled a bit with number 9. This was a fantastic course, and I feel I have the fundamentals of head construction down now :D

Follow alongs and my own practice

Just wanted to share my progress. Looking better than before I think but they still look dead. Something about their eyes maybe? Idk

Here are my five final drawings for this lesson. I'm pretty happy with how things are coming together and all I've learned in this class. I did do a lot of extra practice of the eight-step forms in between lessons, probably a few score of them from lots of different references. I definitely like this model better than the basic Loomis head. I also found I needed to break out and really focus on each feature for awhile - well, eyes and noses at least, they are still the most challenging but I filled a few sketchbook pages of each of them. There are little nuances I'm discovering like when the model head proportions need to be tweaked and the big variety of features and expressions.

i havent had a lot of time lately but i'll try to finish this, here is #5 & #4 from the reference images. i tried to make it with as few construction lines as possible but that messed up the ear which i tried to correct on the first image but i forgot to do it on the second image. definitely need to work on noses & mouths. i will just add the other 8 as comments to this post as i can do them.

This course has been so useful! Overall I've definitely improved doing these assignments, still proportional issues but I've been trying to really understand and show the form best I can (except in the portrait in my second photo, no idea what happened there). I think the lips have been the most challenging to show them wrapping across the form without resorting to using tone, so I might need to practice simplifying them more to nail that overarching curve around the denture sphere before adding on more complexity? Also trying to know how the form of the lips changes when the angle doesn't show one corner of the mouth is real tricky, gotta observe and practice some more! Thanks for the course Michael, your teaching style really gels with how I learn so I might check out the gesture course next!

I decided to take some time during a lunch break to draw these. I’m honestly perplexed, struggling to see the layer of fat under the skin and pinpointing where they should be marked. I remember you mentioned certain artists you take inspiration from. Do you have any other suggestions on how to learn the facial fat Mr. Hampton or how to find them on the face? @Michael Hampton

Likeness is not achieved, far form it. Trying to improve proportions as well as features. Longway to go :-) Any critique is welcome!

Wow, made it to the end! Thank you @Michael Hampton for a great course. The first 5 images are just random photos I practiced on, the last 3 are from the reference set on here. Would love some feedback, I feel like one thing I'm doing wrong is making things feel like they are wrapping, I also feel like I'm struggling with the nose a lot.

finally finished the course.I think i need I still need to improve on laying the facial features on to the construction, how to draw hair, and likeness. I would greatly appreciate any critiques. thank you so much for making the course.