Graphite Self Portrait

Value Strip

1x10

Graphite on Photocopy Paper

Self Potrait

11x14

Graphite on pastel paper

My ideas for this project were to use shading to create a realistic drawing of myself. I used graphite pencil to create this drawing. I struggled with the time it took to create this drawing and the shading was hard to perfect. It took a lot of revisions to find the perfect shades for everything.