This was the sketch I did tonight - I drew it entirely upside down - it forces you to look at shapes, shadows, distances between those shapes, to prevent you from drawing what you think it should look like (an eye, mouth) and draw what you see.

I did this sketch in 10mn.

Have you done this?

#drawing #sketch #portrait
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

Would you be surprised to know I've worked on this drawing for at least 3hrs?

I am slow to draw, especially when I want a drawing to look like the model, but I do feel I've become more confident..

I really liked this one- another meta experience - a drawing of a drawing

#drawing #sketch #portrait
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

This is an exercise on facial features and proportion - I find it fascinating that we find a face more beautiful the more regular and symmetrical it is..

This full front view is the easiest to draw I find.

#drawing #sketch #portrait #beauty
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

Can you tell what this sketch is of?

I was studying a drawing - so it's a meta - a drawing of a drawing

#drawing #sketch
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

Exercises for proportions of faces help place facial features in the right places..

#drawing #sketch
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

This is a quick sketch of a young Franz Schubert.

It is not a pretty drawing- i find the the 3/4 view particularly challenging .. but I still love the meditative act of studying angles and shadows..

#drawing #sketch
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist

It means more to create a good likeness when I draw a #portrait - this is Cecile Richards, a #Texas activist for pro-choice .. she died earlier this year.

When I feel a drawing goes well, I get scared I'm going to ruin it.. so I stop before it's really finished..

#drawing #sketch
#graphite #MastoArt #pencil #art #artist