This sketch is a still life image of 2 blocks of cheese and some biscuits on a plate. The sketch was done using pencil. 

I think the image has great composition with the cheese at the top left hand corner. I don't quite think the plate is the correct shape as it should be but i don't think its noticeable to take something away from the image.

Facial expression

These three sketches are 5 minute self portraits, each one is pulling a different facial expression. The left image is confused, the middle is bored and the Right image is happy.

One thing I have noticed about all three of the images is that the nose is a bit different every time. This may be because I had my head at a different angle every time or more likely that I was focusing on a different part of the face more. The shading could have been worked on more but i  believe that for 5 minute drawings I show the emotion and have detail in the facial features.I think all three images show some emotion but out of the three I believe the right hand one works the best.

Facial anatomy

This focus of this piece is facial anatomy it shows lots of studies of facial parts of both the model and me. I studied these so I became more confident and skilled at drawing facial anatomy.  I believe it has greatly improved my skills in drawing faces.

The pieces all capture the shape of the focus point very well it is all proportional. The shading on the nose, eyes and upper lips all looks very realistic and it all looks like it’s in the right positions. 

Tone and colour in skin

This session was about using colour to work out the correct tones in the skin. For this piece I used the pastel and I mixed colours to get the correct tone.

On most of the image the skin tone works well for example you can see the blue veins on the back of the models arms where the flesh is thinner. The image does have poor areas such as the hair and the hands but overall I believe it works well because of the skin tones.