'Al Pacino'

Now that I've finished this drawing, I can see what areas I have improved on and what still needs to be worked on. Overall i'm happy with the outcome and the progress I've made from my original drawing of 'Al Pacino' 5 months ago. And the addition of charcoal for the darks and rougher cartridge paper has made a difference. I will probably do the pros and cons of charcoal and cartridge paper in the future.

The reason I decided to redraw my 'Al Pacino' portrait fav.me/d5zhsod, that I originally done 5 months ago was for a number of reasons. Firstly I always really liked this drawing and regretted doing it on a small A4 rather than A3, So I was always planning to redraw it on A bigger A3 paper, so now was a good a time as any.

Secondly Its also a really great drawing to test out big contrasts between dark and light. I originally tested this with graphite on this drawing, but now I want to test charcoal and graphite on cartridge paper. And lastly I feel its a good way to see how much I've really improved. And as the original still a good drawing, it will not be easy for me to drastically improve on or beat. And will therefore show me what areas I have to still work on.

The drawing was done on A3 cartridge paper, using graphite and charcoal pencils. Approx 30-35 hoUrs to complete.

Here are some of my other graphite drawings.