Portrait Drawing progression: 3 small heads.

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. 😊