I felt like I needed some practice drawing faces quickly and in a simple way so I spent two evenings producing these thirty drawings using a variety of media. I used Instagram to search for selfies so I could look at photographs of faces from different angles and with different expressions, I used these as reference imagery for my drawings. The idea for this was inspired by Jon Burgerman's 'Tumblr Girls' project which was mentioned during our talk with him via Skype.
These drawings were not meant to be realistic, they were to get me used to getting the information of a face down onto paper quickly and effectively. I struggled with the proportions of the features on some of these drawings, especially when the photographs have been taken at awkward angles. I don't feel this really matters because overall, towards the end of this exercise I was producing better drawings which shows that my skills are improving. The images below are the images I feel have been particularly successful.
This is something I will definitely continue to do to improve my drawing skills. I might start looking at figures as well to get some more practice with this too.
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