JANUARY: GRAPHITE

I started off the new year with another 30 Faces/30 Days Challenge, this time with 30 different instructors working exclusively in graphite. It mostly reinforced that I have, for now, found a process that works for me better than others. However, it did introduce me to a variety of graphite tools, including water soluble graphite, clutch pencils, and Blackwing matte pencils.
This is my favorite drawing of the new year, well representing the very best I can do for now. The reference photo is a fellow Sktchy artist named Richard Banks, Mechanical pencils, Polychromos black pencil (eyeglasses) ,chalk pencil and white ink (highlights) on toned paper.