/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1775835
>>1775883
>>1775928
Anon again. I was bored while waiting on my dinner so I tried my hand at this. Here are a few points:

-Draw the whole head first, then crop what you need way later. It's easier to keep the tilt of the head and the proportions correct as you go along.

-I included the earliest saved drawing stage and marked off the proportions. I tried to do a slight uptilt, which I believe is what you were going for, so the ear will be a bit lower than the bottom of the nose and the browline for the average head.

-I used a reference (poorly), but the actress (Cobie Smulders) seems to have a fairly close likeness to what you were going for. Ideally you'd use a ref for the lighting scenario as well, which I didn't. I tried to use warm shadows to complement the cool primary light.

-I'm not sure if this is how you approached the painting, but I tried to paint the entire head in the dim lighting scenario, being mindful of plane changes. The bands of light were on a separate adjustment layer, with some opaque painting on top of everything.

I'm not sure how helpful any of this really is, but since I already did it I figured I'd post in case it helps you any. Also, don't take anything I say or depict as fact since I'm still learning myself.