Sepia Portrait of Young Woman

Sepia Wax Pencil Portrait of Young Woman

I drew this from a picture of a young lady. It is drawn with three Derwent wax pencils: terracotta, chocolate and ivory black. I used a blending stub on the skin to give it a smoothness but left the hair rough for contrast.

There were a few problems in drawing this that I should have caught early on in the beginning stage of the drawing.

I always have trouble getting sharpness with these crayon like pencils since they do not hold a point very well. I know I could keep sharpening the tips but I just was doing a practice drawing.


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