PART FOUR PROJECT 6 THE HEAD

EXERCISE 1 – Facial Features

Above: Charcoal sketches in an A4 sketchbook

Above: Charcoal sketches in an A4 sketchbook

Above: Charcoal and pastel sketches in an A4 sketchbook

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Above: Charcoal sketches in an A4 sketchbook

Above: Charcoal sketch in an A4 sketchbook

Above: Sketched diagram in an A4 Sketchbook

Exercise 2 – Your Own Head

Above: 0.8 Fine liner sketches in an A4 sketchbook

Above: Charcoal on brown paper 60cm x 49cm

I cut into the charcoal with an eraser on the image above and liked the effect. It gives a greater range of tone and gave the image some life. The image was fairly like me, but the mouth is at a strange angle. I look fairly miserable – but I was concentrating!

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Above: Charcoal on brown paper 60cm x 49cm

The second attempt above is less successful, but I do like the smudges the eraser adds – it adds interest.

Above: Charcoal on brown paper 50cm x 43cm

I like the attempt above the best of the three. I like that I am half out of the frame as it adds a bit of interest. This looks the most like me. The image lacks the tone range of the first image though.

Exercise 3 – Portrait from the Memory or Imagination

Above: Pastel on white paper 59cm x 42cm

Above was meant to be from my imagination – just looks like me with long hair! It was a bit childlike and basic. I liked the punchy colours though. So I had another go at the imagined face. See below

Above: Charcoal and pastel on brown paper 60cm x 45cm

This was also rather a basic image. A little ghostly, The proportions and almost white hair make the person look like a child. I definitely struggle when I get tired and try to draw too much in one sitting.