Today's Practice Sketch

Today's Practice Sketch - Another Man!

Wow...my second male sketch post this week!

This one was done on 110 lb. recycled paper with a Muji pen, pencil, and white Posca pen for embellishments. It was an interesting effort because of how the sketch was done. I usually start on the top right of the page doing that side of the face and continuing along the jawline and up the opposite side of the face. What I did here was the top right down and around the right-side cheek, along the bottom of the nose, around the left-side cheek, and then up. Then I think I did the lips, and was able to add some hair and beard hairs before my 5 minutes was over.

In the finished sketch, I used a lot of cross-hatch lines to add different shadow intensities on the face, and then used pencil to complement and blend that work. The Posca pen was mainly used for the beard and hair plus eye reflections.

I'm liking him. There is a sense of character captured in the face, and I even achieved a believable head tilt in it!

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