A Sketch Blog Recording my Attempts to Render Pretty Feminine Faces in Pencil with Occasional Use of Charcoal, Crayon, and other Artistic Media

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Short on time for sketch viewing? See the first 272 (or so) sketches I've posted in a 34 second music video!

Sketch #211

Although I'm certainly not above employing a little digital editing (or even a lot of it) on my sketches, I posted this one in a relatively unaltered state. I took special care to create a shine on the lips in the drawing stage so that I wouldn't feel the need to do so after scanning the sketch into the computer.

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Sketch #210

I think the woman in this sketch is deep in her thoughts, probably happy thoughts I'd say from her expression.

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Sketch #209

I went for a softer, more subtle sunshine effect with the digital editing of this sketch (than that in the previous post), leaving the coloration much closer to to the original gray.

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Sketch #208

I added some digital effects to this sketch to (among other things) give the impression of sunlight. I've been doing more of that sort of thing lately - it's rather addictive :) For the purists among you who prefer to look at the original (relatively unaltered) sketch, it's available here.

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Sketch #207

I did a LOT of erasing and redrawing in the process of creating this sketch. One of the things I love about working with graphite (as opposed to watercolors, for example) is that mistakes are relatively easy to fix.

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Sketch #206

Here's a happy lady. I still need to work on my ear drawing skills, but I do think the ear here is at least somewhat of an improvement over that in #202.

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Sketch #205

Sometimes cropping can make a big difference. I was somewhat lukewarm towards this sketch at a wider view, but I think it ended up being one of my better closeups.

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Sketch #204

I figured I was about due for posting a side view, having not done so since #188, back in December.

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Sketch #203

I'll have to admit to some pretty substantial digital editing of this sketch. I felt the unmodified sketch had potential which was only going to be realized if I took that route ... so here it is.

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Sketch #202

I've had a number of sketches where I've wished that I'd drawn the hair going behind the neck and coming over the other side (after it was too late). This time I managed to think of it while it was still possible :)

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Sketch #201

Here's another sketch with the subject's hair falling off to the left of the page. In some ways, I prefer the one I posted on January 3, but at least I drew the eyes in better proportion this time. I did a fair amount of "drawing with the eraser" to create some of the lighter streaks in her hair.

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Sketch #200

Well, 200 sketches and counting! I put a little extra time into this one, as I really wanted it to turn out nice :)

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Sketch #199

This is the second sketch I've posted where the subject is wearing glasses (the first being sketch #194 from Dec. 29). I think her glasses look more modern than those in the earlier sketch, which look like they came out of the 50's.

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Sketch #198

This sketch was a very similar pose to #196, but I think the subject turned out a lot prettier this time.

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Sketch #197

The woman in this sketch cleaned up nicely. I usually do at least some editing in Corel Photopaint after I scan a sketch. Some sketches require a lot of editing, others not so much. Happily, this one fell into the latter category :)

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Sketch #196

I think I'll start the new year with a Haiku appropriate both to the sketch and the time of year:

It was New Year's Eve.

She Stayed up too late it seems.

Now she's a bit tired.

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