Alucard from Castlevania. Working on values with this one.

Nice job! I like how you didn't use lines to define the expression, just the values, and kids are quite tricky to paint!

this one is obviously a disgust. good one, easily definable

It sure is a conundrum, I guess all you can do is whatever feels right at the moment. If you feel like working on a single piece for a month then do it. If you want to do quick sketches then do that. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

These are looking great!

Thank you for these awesome resources Aiden!

Hi Caleb! First, the portrait has a very cute charm! Second, the technique when using charcoal is quite different to pencil and it seems to me you're using it more like the latter? I'd recommend watching some videos on charcoal drawing, it's really nice once you get the hang of it and very useful when exploring form.

Watch where you place the facial features as the head tilts backwards. I think this is a common problem, and I struggle with it too, that as soon as the head isn't looking straight to the left or right we tend to misplace things. Something that helped me a lot is remembering that the following are approximately the same distance apart: * Bottom of the chin to bottom of the nose * Bottom of nose to brow-line * Brow-line to hair line Basically you can divide the face (not the head, mind you) into equal thirds with these. The one people usually get wrong is the bottom third where the mouth is. Also it'll help to tilt the paper when you're drawing a head looking up- or downwards (when drawing someone in profile). For instance in your second drawing I see the cross you did in the middle is skewed (not all 90-degree angles) which was probably the beginning of your troubles. Hope that helps in some way. I tried the Loomis method myself and honestly it's not a very beginner friendly one in my opinion, but you might have more luck with it :D

Portraits are my favourite subject, and lately I've tried to challenge myself by drawing more dynamic expressions :D