Head study - 7/14/10

Charcoal on newsprint. From a photo.

Head sketch - 7/13/10

Charcoal on newsprint. From a photo. Actually, a photocopy of a photo.

Head sketch - 7/12/10

Mechanical pencil on sketch pad.

This is a small quick sketch. Enlarging a small drawing makes it look less refined, rougher. Reducing the size has the opposite effect, refining the image. This head is about one and three quarters inch high. From a magazine photo.

Head sketch - 7/6/10

Charcoal on newsprint - from a photo of a classic movie set.

Head sketch - 7/5/10

Charcoal on newsprint - from a photo

Charcoal head study-7/2/10

Charcoal on newsprint

This started as a 30 minute sketch, but I spent probably another 10 minutes fixing things before I shot it and posted it. From my file of magazine photos titled "Photos for practice drawings."

Charcoal head study

Charcoal on newsprint

Laurel

Charcoal on newsprint.

From a figure drawing class at California Art Institute. When it's enlarged a lot, the printing dot pattern shows up. So it's best to look at it at a smaller size. I shot this from a school brochure.

Head study - 6/3/10

Charcoal on newsprint

Head study - 6/1/10

Charcoal on newsprint