Four attempts at level 2

Level 1, started to get the hang of these about half way through after watching the demo.

Did some of the lab equipment at work from memory. Added the window as an after thought and wish I'd spent more time to get it straight.

My kitchen from memory, things got a little funky with the upper right cabinets

Tried again after watching the demos and some critiques, and also switched to 18x24 paper and charcoal. This one felt better, more flow and rhythm, less simple CSI

Finding myself trying to simplify with simple shapes, sketching them in light, then trying to come back and connect things with darker and more flowy lines. I may be missing the intent of "rhythm"?

45 minute session, tried to be loose and sketchy for a first draft with a 2h pencil, then come back and hit the rhythms I had kind of hunted out on the first pass with second 4b pass. Really fun, not sure I'm doing a great job but really enjoy the freedom in these...

Did quite a few of these. Hard to not just draw what I see and try to actively design the shapes.

Second try. Tried to start with a better cropped reference so I could use negative space around the image to check proportions... still had to correct several times. Next time will rely more on measurements relative to features in the face...

Several iterations - I'm bad at this! Will try again with another picture.