Pencil Sketch for a Portrait as of February 16

Pencil Sketch for a Portrait as of February 16 Originally uploaded by randubnick

In December, I finished painting a portrait for my friends. This is the preliminary sketch I did last spring, to prepare to paint the portrait (Sometimes I do that to study the face I am going to paint.) Anyway, even though the portrait is finished, I like this little sketch for its own sake, and decided to finish it up and send it to my friends. I don't want to make a lot of changes, but I widened the face a bit, and added some detail to the eyes and mouth. I also started putting in some background. This is how it looks today. To be continued. . . .