Detailed Sketch

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Below are my comments on specific details.

This girl was very attractive, which surprisingly often makes someone harder to draw. There are fewer imperfections to depend on and all of your lines have to be as perfect as hers. I like how her lips, nose, and profile turned out above. Her hair was pinned up in a strange way.

This drawing is my best example of the style our professor emphasized in my art class this summer. Using as many reference points as possible, you can measure every aspect of the body against every other, and place perfect lines. By constantly refining the sketch tighter and erasing extraneous lines, you end up with very nice shapes (see above) and an excellent representation, since the proportions are dead on.

My impatience rebels against this method.

I like this hand. It looks very relaxed and natural here.

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