Redo of a Third Sketch Below

Sketches - Perspective of the Head

Hazel - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait in Progress - "Hazel" - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait in Progress - "Hazel" - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait Study #H2

Conte Crayon on Reversed Watercolor Paper - 8" x 8"

Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper - about 9" x 12"

Finally ! Portrait Start - Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper

Finally !  The sketch proportions are very, very close to those in the model photograph, and therefore the likeness has improved greatly.  See previous posts for comparison.

Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper

Portrait Starts  -  Working on Accuracy of  Head, Shapes, and Features (Likeness)

Asian Man - Ballpoint on 20# Bond - 8-1/2" x 11"

Asian Man - Oil on Canvas Paper - about 12" x 16"

Graphite on Strathmore 400 Drawing - about 12" x 16"

Profile Sketch about 5" x 10" - graphite and brush pen on 20# bond

Working on Heads - Profile View - Planes of ... 8" x 10" Graphite on 20# bond

Working on Planes of the Human Head, Profile View

These are all graphite on 20# bond, except for the skull sketch, which was done with brush pens.  The progression is from bottom to top; I did the bottom one first and the top one last.

Graphite on Bristol - about 8" x 8"

My goal in doing this again was to eliminate as mush as possible the Western influence I've been subliminally inserting in my previous portraits.  (See previous post for a comparison.)

China Beauty - Graphite on Bristol - 8" x 10"

China Portrait III - Graphite on Strathmore 400 Bristol - about 8" x 10"

China Portrait II - Graphite on Strathmore 400 Bristol - about 8" x 11-/12"

Plaster Cast Drawing - about 8" x 10" - Graphite on Bristol

Work on the drawing skills continues ...