Self Portrait - 3rd May 2006
20th May 2006
This is another charcoal drawing, but it's more obviously charcoal this time. Mainly I think because I couldn't be bothered to keep sharpening my charcoal. Downright laziness, but I was also enjoying chocking in the lines.
I've built this one up pretty much like a bargue drawing. First I drew in a central plumb-line. I do that with all my drawings, interestingly it's one of the few things I do now which I've always done as long as I can remember. Then I marked in the top of my head, and measured down to the corner of my right eye. The vertical center line crossed the inside corner of my right eye (the eye on the left as you look at the drawing.) Once that was in I proceeded, like the Bargue drawings, from the general to the specific: main head shape first, then the position of the eyes and ears, the bottom of the nose and the central line of the mouth.
This was another six hour drawing. There was still a lot of correcting and adjusting, but I've a feeling a bit less than previously.
I'm finding it harder to tell if I'm getting a likeness or not. I wonder if it's because of the line only drawing. Most likely it's a sign that the likenesses are nowhere near. Still, Mr. Angry hasn't come back which must be a good sign.