Here is my second portrait drawing out of 30. This one illustrates a typical portrait drawing challenge; getting all the facial parts and features to work together. From just under the nose up, this looks balanced and good. And from just under the nose down it looks just fine too. But when you look at the two parts together you can see that they just don't fit!
I think the problem is in the angle of the mouth. Somehow it's not illustrated on the same plane as the top 2/3 of the portrait. Part of the problem may be that I drew this with my pad sitting on my lap and the subject photo I was looking at was vertical. Plus I may have shifted the pad, possibly crossing my legs the other way at some point which changed the way it rendered.
Being able to see the problem is the biggest factor in solving it. A lot of times us artists know something just isn't right but are not sure what it is. This time I can see what's gone wrong so there is hope!
I'll try the same drawing again tomorrow with this observation in mind and with the sketch pad vertical, in the same plane as the photo.
Bob
Still, it looks like Connor!
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