Pencil Pushing.

This image was an attempt to loosen up my drawing style a little. The point was to make some pencil sketches that would be loose and expressive. I decided to draw some heads because I always need to practice drawing people. Once I started, it became clear to me that what this was really about was trying to get their damn eyes right. I read somewhere that when drawing a face, getting the first eye to look right is a piece of cake, it's getting that second eye down which is the problem. No matter how I would line them up or create guidelines for myself, those eyes just seemed to float around on the faces I had drawn, never seeming to land in the right place. As soon as I would finish one I would hold it up to a mirror (an invaluble trick I picked up a long time ago which allows one to clearly see just how crappy one is at drawing faces) and inevitably find myself reaching for the eraser. I'm beginning to feel hopelessly inadequate and even wonder why I'm putting myself through this. Sorry to be such a downer today. Next time I plan to be little more fun. Bah.

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