Small charcoal studies for female portrait.
- Size: about 5 cm tall each head.
- Medium: Willow charcoal stick on medium tooth paper.
It's small head studies in the step by step breakdowns. You can find which principle I apply each stage.
STAGE 1
Basic proportion and gesture. Indicate skull, center line of face, position and angle of eyes, direction of neck.
STAGE 2
Position of eyes, nose, hair shapes, nech width, height of shoulders.
STAGE 3
Messing shadow with bold and DARK strokes.
STAGE 4
MID TONE areas.
STAGE 5
LIGHT areas.
STAGE 6
Refining detail.
I'll post more progression references and welcome for any questions. Thanks. 😊