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 #195

Well, here's the last sketch for this year, but I hope to draw a lot more in 2007.

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Sketch #194

This is the first sketch I've posted where the subject is wearing glasses. It was an interesting challenge. I hope to get more practice in drawing "accessories" (hats, glasses, whatever).

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Sketch #193

I've been using Notebound 2HB pencils for the past couple of sketches, as opposed to the HB pencils I was using before. The 2HB's are harder which in some ways is less desireable, but the offsetting advantage is they last longer before I need to switch pencils or re-sharpen, which means less distraction and less chance of flaws due to a dull point. I'll probably switch back and forth a bit.

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Sketch #192: "Woman in Santa Suit"

Merry Christmas to all!

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Sketch #191

Here's a closeup sketch with some digital enhancement (added some color, strengthened highlights, whitened the teeth a bit).

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Sketch #190

A woman stares straight ahead as sunlight dances in her hair:)

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Sketch #189

Despite eyes having eyes that turned out to be a little disproportionately large for her face, I do think the woman in this sketch has a nice smile.

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Sketch #188

I think subject of this profile looks a little elfin in her features, especially the ear.

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Sketch #187

I could not resist applying substantial digital manipulation to this sketch - I think "dark and mysterious" look suits her. The original drawing can be viewed here.

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Sketch #186

I think I drew the nose (and consequentially the face) a bit too long in this sketch (old habits die hard). On the positive side, I like her expression.

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Sketch #185: "Ice Princess"

While playing around with the effects in Corel Photopaint, I ended up giving this sketch a blue tinge, which I thought made the subject appear rather cold, hence the name "Ice Princess".

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Sketch #184

In the light of 20/20 hindsight, I would have drawn the eyes smaller in this sketch. As it is, there seems to be just a little too much white showing.

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Sketch #183

This is the first sketch I've posted in quite some time where the subject's ear is visible. As I find ears quite challenging to draw, I've tended to just cover them with hair, but today I decided to be brave and leave one exposed for all the world to see :)

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Sketch #182

At one point the subject of this sketch actually had rather short hair. Then I decided to make it just a bit longer here and there, and then I needed to lengthen it a bit in other spots for balance, and then ... Well, suffice to say, she is having more of a bad hair day than a short hair day :)

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