The human head, in all its complexities, is often the main visual subject of my more lengthy drawing projects (check out my website, link on the right…) Drawing portraits directly from the live model is always a bit of a game of chess. The basic components of the task seem simple and rather straight forward (a nose is a nose is a nose), but their combinations and nuances are endless. I will often draw a model four or five times before I get even close to capturing a likeness.
The first three are classic works of Watson... I'd never have guessed that the bottom right image was yours. Is this where some of the new work is headed?
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