This past October and November I focused on producing quickly rendered portraits. I wanted to improve the accuracy of rendering a likeness while maintaining a fast pace. I used a 2H pencil and, depending on the image, I allowed myself 10-15 minutes maximum for each sketch. Below is small sample of some the portraits I produced. Note: while the sketches are my own, the photographs used for reference do not belong to me and were sourced from Google Images. At the time, I did no

With the two portraits below I was trying to produce a very quick but accurate likeness of my subjects, and to achieve this goal I chose to use either conté or grease pencil. I am pleased with the likeness rendered in this first portrait. The conté glided across the paper in a trail of it's own debris, and although the subject's chin and bottom lip is a little too large, I managed to correct them somewhat by softening the lines (for the lip) and darkening the surrounding area