Portrait Sketch referencing Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis

I drew a few portrait sketches today to get back into the flow of drawing again. I started to enjoy the drawing process when I was focusing on the plane of the faces.

These portraits were reference from Andrew Loomis' book, "Figure Drawing for All It's Worth."

My oil painting and figure drawing teacher recommended this book for figure drawing.

I do find the words and sketches helpful and beautiful.

I would like to check out his "Fun with a Pencil" book where he goes in more depth in with portraits but this part in the book will suffice for me for now.

I often avoid darkening the darkest parts of the face, and I can work better with proportions, so I hope to improve on that.

Open for critiques and suggestions on how I can improve, as well as any other books, references or artists I can study to improve my portrait sketches based on my level at this time.

Thank you!

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