Composition

This is a drawing of my daughter, drawn in late August 2010. It took me around four and a half hours.

A few things that I like about it are the contrast between her face and the shadow in her hair, as well the smudged edging.

The composition of shot is effective - her whole face and head are not visible. In fact I haven't drawn a picture with a similar view since - all of my drawings at the moment are full head and shoulder shots. This drawing makes me think I should get a bit more creative.

At this stage of my drawing, I don't think I had too much of a clue what to do with hair - the lighter hairs (which have been erased) are too thick and looking at the original photo, there aren't too many similarities - quite a lot of guess work.