Observational Self-Portrait

For this project we had to use charcoal to create a self portrait from looking the mirror. Our goal was to get used to using charcoal. I started off with an outline of my face and features in a light (2H pencil). Once I was happy with that, I went in with charcoal to darken the lines. I used the darkest shade of charcoal to color in my hair. My eyes were not completely black so I added different shades and highlights.

I added a yellow background to contrast the face.