I then went on to working from my own resources and started drawing from photographs and this is the first drawing I did. Unfortunately I have lost the photographic evidence for this picture but I am pleased with how it turned out.
This is another study of an eye focusing more on expression and detail compared to my other one. In total this took me 4 hours to draw and I’m pleased with the outcome of it. I did copy the image from the internet however I drew in my own style and added different elements to the image to make it more mine. The thing I am most pleased about with this drawing is probably the eyelashes, even if they took less than 10 minutes to draw I think they give the drawing more depth, and I also like the length of them too.
This was one of the first eye sketch studies I did using pencil into sketchbook. I got the idea and copied the idea from the internet because I felt the internet was convenient at the time. I am rather pleased with how this sketch turned out as it has minimal detail but I am happy with the proportioning of the image.
My drawings are my self portraits, I work from my own personal emotion and my life experience and I project that through drawings and photography, however my recent practice has taken a different direction and I'm now focusing on the concept of identity, and creating a story behind the image.