Carl

Paid a visit to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery today and was inspired by some amazing portraits by upcoming artists. I decided as it is the beginning of a new year that it would be a great time to attempt a self portrait. Also made a pleasant change from drawing other people.

The above sketch was done on A3 and was definitely a challenge. I worked from a photograph so I would be drawing how others see me rather than drawing my mirror reflection as I have done in the past. It is a flawed drawing despite a lot of time trying to re work areas. In particular the left side of the face gave me problems. This is a great example of a piece of work that follows the "art is never finished, only abandoned" quote.

Life Drawing III

These sketches are from the last life drawing session of the year just before Christmas. I wasn't overly pleased with these sketches when I had finished the session. I can see some good qualities to them when viewing them a few weeks later. I tend to struggle getting the head size correctly in proportion with the rest of the body but the drawings have more consistency than previous sessions.