Hey everyone.
I’ve been hanging around these forums for a while now only reading stuff and not really posting. Anyway, I finally decided to join the fun and posts some of my own stuff.
At the moment i’m doing master copies from the head workshop (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=375031&page=1&pp=35) and so far I have one piece to show. My goal is to improve so critics are appreciated.
Hi
What pencil are you using? HB?
Change to 2B if you can, you will be able to get more contrast more easily with a 2B.
Good start, keep going!
Randize:
I’ll try to fix the eyes and forhead tommorow (after some sleep ^^).
NR43:
I think I was using a 3b faber-castell. I’ll try a 2b.
here’s some more stuff…
Thanks for the comments!
Well, 2B, 3B, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s black and not half black 
This means though that you can push your dark values a lot more.
(I know, I have the same weakness and because I’m focussing on getting rid of it myself, I notice it your work)
Be sure to check some comments in the heads workshop thread as well as the references.
There are things explained there that will teach you a lot!
NR43,
what do you mean by black and half black?
I’ll look into those comments. lol there’s so much stuff to read here it’s hard to balance between reading and actually drawing…
Here’s another master head study, this time it’s 027 by Carravaggio. I tried pusing the dark values further (and had to sharpen my pencil quite abit more than usual). Anyway I like the result.
The letters HB on your pencil stand for Half Black
The letter B on your pencil stands for Black
Cool.
So far these heads are fun, this time 059. I tried out thar circular shading thing. kind of lost my patience with the hair.
Here’s what I got.
Hey Farchi!
Nice work here!..You’re off to a great start(better than mine) 
Watch out for the proportions of the head…do a lot of eye-balling! coz thats a very helpful and important thing…I’m still struggling with it :banghead:
Keep up the great work…
Ratul
Thanks rdsarna!
What’s eye-balling? :shrug:
I’ll try and keep in mind the porportions next time.
Here’s another one. Something’s very wrong with this one…
eye-balling means estimating with the eye
have you heard of loomis? read his book on drawing heads
ask yourself questions when drawing:
what is the distance of the upper lip to the nose?
how long is the nose?
what’s the distance of the mouth from the chin and how is this distance related to the distance of the bottom of the nose to the browline?
how much cranium is there to be drawn at the back of the head?
how does the position of the ears relate to the position of the facial features?
etcetera.
do some research and you will discover more than you can dream of
this eye-balling thing sounds interesting. thanks i’ll try and get a hold of loomis’s book.
I found the loomis book online. Hopefully i’ll get to it soon. It looks both good and interesting from a quick glance.
Here’s one more.
Hey,
I think you are off to a great start! 
Johan gave great advice regarding getting the proportion of the head right - basically he is saying you need to check each feature of the head in relation to the other features of the head.
There are two things to note: direction, and distance - they are both important whether you draw from life or photos (or at least I think so).
Direction (or angle): ask yourself 'what is the angle of this point compared to the other points on the face?
Distance : ‘how far away is this point from the other points on the face?’
Points can mean landmarks like bottom of nose, tips of eyes, tip of mouth etc.
You can also use your pencil to ‘measure’ distance and direction.
Lastly, you might want to pick up ‘Drawing on the right side of your brain’ by Betty Edwards. Very good book and many people has benefited from it, including me. Keep up the good work! Would like to see more coming. 
Hey,
I think you are off to a great start! Johan gave great advice regarding getting the proportion of the head right - basically he is saying you need to check each feature of the head in relation to the other features of the head.
There are two things to note: direction, and distance - they are both important whether you draw from life or photos (or at least I think so).
Direction (or angle): ask yourself 'what is the angle of this point compared to the other points on the face?
Distance : ‘how far away is this point from the other points on the face?’
Points can mean landmarks like bottom of nose, tips of eyes, tip of mouth etc.
You can also use your pencil to ‘measure’ distance and direction.
Lastly, you might want to pick up ‘Drawing on the right side of your brain’ by Betty Edwards. Very good book and many people has benefited from it, including me. Keep up the good work! Would like to see more coming.
I’m impressed by the gender and age varieties in your sketching. Something so basic is usually overlooked. I was sketching a baby the other day and it was very difficult dealing with the different proportions. Glad to see you tackling this.
Keep doing what your doing but think about the underlying structure that makes up the surface detail as well. Keep it up.
Thanks for the advice angelicvoice and muttonman. I’ve got Edward’s book sitting somewhere. I started reading it but never got to the end for some reason. I remember trying the drawing your hand’s wrinkles exercise and all. I’ll try it again I remember having fun with the first few exercises.
I started reading Loomis's book "Drawing head & Hands". His whole head construction thing looks so easy at first but once you try it you see it's really hard to get it right. Is his method a good way to keep the underlying structure in mind?
Hey Farchi!
Loomis’ book on drawing heads is very good…you’ll get a method of construction which can be applied to almost all kinds of heads…keep practising…it takes a lot of practise…
you’re headed the right way…keep it up…
Ratul