The hair is rendered masterfully, if you look at it by itself. I’m not sure how I managed to draw the face so out of proportion. It would have been a matter of just a couple of millimeters from the receded hairline to the beginning of the forehead. But I moved the pen point a bit too far from just above the ear, the end of the hair contour.
Did my unconscious mind give more weight to this persons face, dictating its large dimension? I don’t think so. It wasn’t that remarkable a face. But who knows what goes on below the surface in one’s head.
Face Too Big For Hair
Pen and Ink Sketch
5″x7″ 111# Moleskin Journal
I like it and I think the mismatch actually is quite harmonious (if that makes sense) and makes a coherent portrait of a personality.
Thank you, Claudia. It does sort of fit together. Not as I intended, though. Oh well.