I’ve always been curious about these techniques, and it felt great to finally try them. The only tricky part was getting the oval placed and sized correctly inside the Loomis head circle. Once that clicked, the rest flowed easily. I’m happy with how it turned out, and it didn’t take long at all.

9x12 inch sketch paper and three pencils (H, HB, 7B) and eraser.

Below is my portrait drawing process.