Charcoal Reduction
This piece was way out of my comfort zone. Self portraits are not something I see as a main skill of mine and charcoal is one medium that I'm very inexperienced with. All in all I did struggled with this piece but it was a great learning experience. I definitely included high and low contrast but it was kind of lost through my highlights. I included highlights but there very scattered and not precise. With more time and more practice I could improve on that skill. I decided to chose a different colored paper thinking it would give a cool effect but in the end made the charcoal appear more dark and messy than I organically intended it to be. Something I wish I had done is go in with a white pen to add to key parts like my eyes and overall little details.