These portraits were each done in around 45 minutes and are studies of two different facial expressions. The first one was done with conte crayons, while the second one was completed using ink and paint brushes.
The first portrait is expressive and manages to successfully capture the happy mood of the model. The style of the drawing is impressionistic and sketchy, with loose lines, and there was an obvious focus on studying the emotion of the model rather than the facial anatomy of the subject. For this reason there are mistakes in proportion and perspective which should have been corrected during the planning and measuring stage of the drawing. Even so, there is a strong sense of shape and form of the features of the face, because of the shading.
The second portrait has a nice overall dark atmosphere, which empowers the sadness portrayed by the model. The strong lighting from the side was especially chosen to offer a more dramatic look to the drawing, in order to better express the desired emotion. This image also portrays solid finesse with the materials used, ink ensuring a well defined art style which nicely accompanies the theme of this portrait. The use of a variety of tonal values creates strong contrasts across the entire drawing with an interesting effect, but also gives a sense of form to the face. Subtle highlights and deep dark shadows in certain areas of the drawing manage to hint small details which suggest the exact emotion of the model - the mouth and eyes especially.
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