Head Drawing No. 2

Well, it's been a while since I last posted about my head drawing class, but to be honest it was because that class has become my most hated and dreaded class. Six hours a week of pure torture, not counting the endless hours of outside work. I think I dislike it so much because it's the basics and I never really learned the basics. Now I am being forced to learn them and it's a slap in the face. So here we go!

We began doing full value liftouts on white paper. This was a good try, but obviously there are many things wrong with it, like that weird shadow on the top of her forehead and the fact that she looks like she's missing a chunk of hair up there too.

Second try was much better, but still it's not quite as good as it could be. Unfortunately my teacher only spent two class periods on full value liftouts, so that's all I got to do.

Moving on to white charcoal on Canson toned paper. This is tough for me! I may or may not have been told that my heads suffer from "onion skin" when I use white charcoal, and that I don't understand value correctly.      This may have caused some heartbreak...and some crying...and possibly some late night phone calls to my mom where I balled my eyes out. Dropping out of college and becoming a starving artist has never looked so good!

My second attempt. Still a little pathetic. I can never get the shape of the eyes right!

The final piece! I actually really love this one and blessed Hallelujah so does my teacher! This might be a wall hanging people. Finally some improvement, although after today I feel like I am back at the bottom again. That's all I have for now, but we are currently working on full value buildups so expect more pictures! k loves bye