Catching up a bit

OK I'm doing two posts today to catch up a bit and stay on track for the 30/portraits in 30 day challenge. As mentioned in yesterday's post I've been keeping up on the drawings OK day by day but the posts have slipped a bit over the holiday.

Getting back to a drawing from day two;

This drawing had strong points and also a few flaws. the biggest problem is if you drew a line between the bottom of the nose and the top lip, the two sections don't seem to go together. Part of the problem may have been due to me drawing with the pad on my lap and changing positions.

Here is another shot at drawing the same face from the same reference photo;

I'm much happier with this result. The slant of the eyes and the slant of the mouth are the same, working together in a natural realistic way. 

I had the sketch pad vertical on an easel too making it easier to see the correct angles. 

I'm always pleasantly suprised at how quickly another try at the same subject seems to go. After spending a lot of time on a certain pose I am often reluctant to start again on that same pose. But almost every time I do I'm much more pleased with the result and suprised at how fast it went. Things 'learned' about the subject on the first effort must be in place somehow on the second effort that helps the second drawing progress quickly.