Self-portrait Progress
3yr
Caleb
Currently working on a self-portrait in my art class. I used 2B graphite pencil and a tortillion to get my values and shading. Thoughts/critiques?
The drawing is done well you have everything in the right place, good job on that! The biggest problem I see here is exactly what I tend to do all the time which is go into details before establishing the big light and dark shapes.
I did a quick overlay on top of your drawing to establish the shadow shapes away from highlights on the forehead.
I don’t know if this really will help but I feel that establishing these basic shadow and light areas allows the form of your head to read a bit better.
let me know if that is helpful. And keep drawing!
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post!
As for the light and dark shapes, I wanted to save filling them until I've outlined all the main highlights and then fill the dark space.
I don't typically do portraits but it was a nice change of pace and I appreciate the kind words!
In the future I will make sure to clearly establish where the shadows and highlights start and stop, thank you for the critique.
