This week we have explored and begun understanding the basic structure of the human head with reference to how light falls on it. 

I began this practice by looking at the shape of the head in just its 'motor cycle crash helmet' form with shadows defining key features such as the eyes, nose and mouth. I then went on to advance my practice by adding in the key details of the face and understanding how those features affected the original shape. For example adding in the eyes was difficult as there are more elements to consider, like the whites of the eyes not being completely white as they are set back in the head, but there needs to be a highlight just under the eye to create that three dimensional quality. Overall, I have found this practice to be very informative and I am much more confident about tackling drawings of heads now that I understand the basic shape and how light affects the face. 

I have tried to produce a series of drawing that demonstrate my understanding of perspective, including being ambitious when using one, two and three point perspective. As well as trying to be confident  with my use of directional light, by using a variety of highlights, mid-tones and shadows. 

I feel I have learnt a lot from this perspective practice, as I have aimed to produce ambitious perspective pieces using a range of pencils, ink and a single coloured pencil crayon. This pushed me to consider, more carefully, where I placed my areas of shadow and where not to put marks to show highlights. There is definitely still room for improvement, as I spend a lot of time drawing construction lines in order to get the right perspective and I'd like for it to come more naturally and to not always have to use a ruler to achieve those straight lines. I think I could also be even more ambitious when it comes to adding tone, especially when using a range of pencils I need to use their different levels of tonal value to my advantage.