Weekly head studies

My obsession with head studies continues.

Been doing lots of gouache heads, and ink heads, and charcoal heads.

Here are a few highlights.

First, a quick head sketch in gouache:

Next, an oil gesture exercise, step by step:

1. The lay-in
   

2. The shadows
   

3. Filling in the tone
   

4. Working the edges
   

5. More edge work
   

6. Fixing values, more edge work
   

7. Last touches
   

And lastly...

The same model from the oil exercise, in charcoal: