I draw much better freehand. I found myself struggling to find a likeness through grids and rigorous measuring and I ended up overworking the sketch. I practice a lot of loose quick sketches with moving models for my line-of-work. It was a good exercise, but I prefer the more intuitive approach.
Next time I will start with a lighter background to provide more contrast.
Looking at this thumbnail version my grid looks off by a little and that middle third is taller than it should be. That measure twice principle probably would have helped.
you are doing good. be deliberate with every area and compare to make sure you are being accurate. You have it down pretty good. watch the drawing of his right eye. get those little light shapes as correct as you can with constant rapid eye movement back and forth.
because you followed the grid your drawing is very accurate. I hope you found that to be helpful in placing your head. Now keep that kind of objective abstract type of thinking as you move into paint.
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Part two of the observational drawing section of the first oil demo. Again, follow along with me here.
This might not be an exciting lesson to watch, but it will show a less rigid way of drawing relative to the grid method.