Refreshed Pencil Portrait Techniques

Refreshed Pencil Portrait Techniques - student project

Refreshed Pencil Portrait Techniques - image 1 - student project

Thanks to this class I was able to finish working on this pencil portrait that I had been working on for about a month. This portrait because of its large size, I used a combination of the grid system and freehand techniques (it's 20in x 20in). Since I had not done a pencil portrait in several years, some drawing techniques really escaped me. This class was really helpful in me finishing the portraits on this drawing, particularly the hair (hair has always been my nemesis). Thank you to Gabrielle for the great refresher!!