Slow.

Been taking my time with sketches just lately. Have been in situations where I had subjects very stationary and could spend longer on them.

So spending more on shading and looking for the weight of them.

This one was about 10 mins.

And this one closer to 15 mins.

And whilst I like the end results, I have already reached the point where I can find little purpose in them. They feels somehow backwards, not progressing to any point.  Lazy, even.

Need to think more on this.

Sketch 35 - shading

Chose this one to follow the previous as the shading is moving on apace here.

Although it is still quite rough, I love the bulk it gives the drawing.

And the whole distortion of the head works for me, pushing the back of the head, out and up, completely out of alignment, in a satisfying way. This initially came from not looking at the page whilst drawing, but I now almost consciously do it.