Third Portrait

After the last portrait, I decided that I wanted to attempt another one; this time I wanted to have another go at doing another self-portrait as I was feeling more confident in my abilities compared to the last time. I chose a recent photo of myself as I wanted more practice doing hair compared to the last photo I chose to draw. This is the finished piece:

I’m quite pleased with how this has turned out. The hair was a bit of a challenge, as I was trying to show that I’ve got curly hair. There is definite room for improvement in that area. Another area that needs more work is the mouth; the shape isn’t too bad, but I think there is a slight issue with the lower lip. I used mechanical 2B and 2H pencils again to complete the shading, and the original composition was drawn using the grid technique. I think this is a vast improvement on the original self-portrait that I drew in the summer of 2020. The next challenge, in a few months, will be to draw another self-portrait, but this time I will complete it in colour using polychromos pencils. It’ll be interesting to see how all three portraits compare.