Learning to Draw

I've gone off at another tangent and have developed a yearning to improve my drawing skills. I have been playing around with Carla Sonheims 101 faces but to be truthful am not happy with button type eyes. I want
to be able to create bone structure using shading and eventually produce more of a likeness..... I spotted this free tutorial by Christina Zinnia on You Tube and thought I'd have a go.

I used a 3B and a 6B pencil to produce this; a torchon to blend and a kneadable eraser to add highlights. In retrospect, the face is a little wide and they eyes a touch to wide apart, but for a first effort not too bad. I was a little nervous about colouring it so preserved the sketch with a photograph.











I used Neocolour water soluble crayons and Aquarelle pencils to
finish my piece. The hair is a bit stripy but I'm pleased with the skin tones.