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Posted Apr 19, 2012 by  Willem | | Post: 1
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Here are a few of my recent practice sketches of women's faces. Some of you might recognise one or a few (not all are of famous people). Anyways, faces are hard to get right. We've been speaking of facial recognition elsewhere ... I still don't understand just what are the cues that we use to recognise a specific face. Even the aspects that distinguish a feminine face from a masculine one are quite subtle. Anyways, as an artist this is something I still need to understand better and work hard at.
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...e/Illustrations%20General/Hair2.jpg
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...ichellePfeifferWithMakeupAndCGI.jpg
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...strations%20General/BeretGirl2a.jpg
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...ustrations%20General/Angelina2a.jpg
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...ations%20General/Neetuchandra2a.jpg
http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/...Illustrations%20General/Jenny2a.jpg
Those a great, Willem.  I love the depth and texture you've got into them.
Is is just me, or do you do something to make sure the viewer is drawn to the eyes?
I wouldn't have recognised any of these ladies, of course, but they are all lovely.
They are really pretty Willem. Thanks for sharing them. I think Michelle and Angelina would be flattered as well as their hairdressers.
Oh for just an ounce of your talent, Willem! 
lil x
|  | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 22, 2012 by Willem
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Hello and thanks Dmitri, Elektra and lil! So what would you do with it if I could give you and ounce of my talent lil?
| | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 22, 2012 by Peanut
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I am always drawn to the eyes as well
I'm impressed by them all but I am drawn to the last one most, I'll come back when I can find the words to explain properly why
| | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 23, 2012 by aka Bel
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Fascinating, Willem. I wouldn't have known any of the women, either, but that's not due to your way of drawing them. I could run into them in the street and wouldn't recognise them. 
| | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 23, 2012 by Websailor
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Wonderful faces Willem, but the eyes definitely have it, they look in to my soul.
Websailor 
| | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 24, 2012 by Willem
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Hi Peanut, Bel and Websailor! Thanks for the comments. I do work hard on the eyes. But on everything else also. It's always a challenge, getting pencil lines to look like a real object, a human face being among the hardest! Hair is hard, too.
|  | Subject: Female Face Sketch Practice
Posted Apr 25, 2012 by Peanut
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I think because you draw the eyes so well, it makes it very real, you can actually look into them. Interesting what you say about hair.
Just a general observation, but noses are a particular challenge for many people!
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