I found this quite hilarious at times. The funny images while drawing with your eyes shut and then the difficulty trying to get a picture to look a bit like you do. Maybe I should start with a photograph of what I really look like.
Firstly drawing with your eyes shut and using your non drawing hand to guide you over your features.
I think I can see where Klee gets his ideas from! So I had a second go this time using charcoal instead of pencil.
Not sure where my nose went.
I then did two continuous line drawings this time looking in a mirror. In all these four, I have removed my glasses.
Done with charcoal and still doesn't look like anyone.
This was done with pencil and may be getting nearer.
I then did the observed self portrait drawing, the first one in charcoal without my glasses.
A bit better. Looks a bit more like a human being.
This second one is in pencil and I have plucked up courage and put my glasses on.
I am not sure that the glasses have improved what I am seeing but I am growing to like this one. Noses are extremely difficult to draw.
A very difficult chapter for me. I found it hard to put all the shading in and not get it too heavy. I also think I subconsciously missed a few lines here and there.
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