A Sketch Blog Recording my Attempts to Render Pretty Feminine Faces in Pencil with Occasional Use of Charcoal, Crayon, and other Artistic Media

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Short on time for sketch viewing? See the first 272 (or so) sketches I've posted in a 34 second music video!

Sketch #91: "Closeup"

I went for a somewhat minimalist look for this sketch, both in the drawing and in the cropping/lighting after I photographed it.

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Sketch #90

And here's yet another 3/4 view sketch. I think this one has the best ear I've drawn so far. It still doesn't look quite right to me, but I think I'm getting closer :)

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Sketch #89

As I continue to work on the 3/4 angle (more or less), I think that I'm drawing the noses a bit more accurately. The gap between the nose and the mouth on this one, however, looks a little too large to me.

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Sketch #88

In this sketch, as in so many of the others I've posted before, I have the hair falling off to the right of the page. I'll have to try a few with the hair going the other way sometime.

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Sketch #87

I think the expression on Sketch #87 looks more realistic to me than the one on this one. I did like the way her hair turned out though.

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Sketch #86

I've been trying sketches where the subject is looking off the the side a bit rather than the staring straight ahead. I don't think I got the lower nose region quite right on this one. I'll have to focus on that area and practive some more.

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Sketch #85

I like this sketch, but I think I drew the face a touch too wide ... maybe the eyes are just a little farther apart than they should be.

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Sketch #84

This sketch is actually a modified tracing of the one I posted two days ago. (I wanted to see what she would look like with long hair and no hat). I didn't use actual tracing paper (whoops!) so it differs from the original drawing more so than would otherwise be the case.

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Sketch #83: "Woman Wearing Hat"

This is the second time I've posted a sketch of a woman in a hat. I thought it turned out reasonably well, although I think I prefer the first sketch (posted on the 15th of April)

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Sketch #82: "Open Mouth Smile"

As the title implies, here's another one with the teeth showing. Lately I tend to prefer the "closed lip" smile, but I like to mix it up a bit. I think the shadowing gives her more of a 3D look than some of my previous sketches.

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Sketch #81

Another day, another sketch :) I her the lips are her best feature.

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Sketch #80: "A Pretty Princess Ponders Pensively"

She strikes me as a medieval princess, deep in thought (hence the title). I think I lucked out drawing the dress. I just doodled away at it, not really sure exactly what the result was going to be. I think it ended up being better than if I had planned it :)

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Sketch #79: "Long Straight Hair"

I think this sketch is my favorite so far. I was particularly happy with the way her hair turned out.

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Sketch #78

I tried something a little different for this sketch - I used tracing paper to go over one of my previous sketches as a starting point, correcting flaws, making changes etc. I wasn't sure how well the tracing paper would perform compared to the Strathmore drawing paper I usually use (it was ligher and thinner of course), but I can't say it gave me any great problems. All in all, I was pleased with the experiment. I definitely plan to do more "tracing-based" sketches soon :)

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Sketch #77

I went with the "bright sunny day" lighting on this sketch. It seemed to fit.

On an logistical note, I reorganized the archives to one page per month, to better conform to traditional blog structure and keep the site from getting too unwieldy.

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Sketch #76

I did a fair amount of erasing/redrawing/blending/etc. in the chin area of this sketch. The good news is that I managed to get the mouth and chin to line up pretty well in relationship to eachother and to the face as a whole. The bad news is that things got a bit "smudgy" around the chin. Oh well, win a little, lose a little :)

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