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Drawing My Face in 2018


Have you ever tried drawing your face from a photograph? It's not easy, especially when you're trying to see and draw your features honestly.

In a new online art course with Kara Bullock that I'm taking this year, I was to sketch my face using a gridded photo of myself as guide. I completed it though have done a lot of shading (beyond purely sketching) to see if I could convey the photo image.

Some of my drawn lines are harsher than those in the photo, and since the drawing is done free-hand--some of the elements are a bit misshapen and/or out of alignment.  But all in all it isn't bad, even though the drawing isn't pretty.

Its amazing what you can learn about line, shape and shading by doing it even if you don't like the result!

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