A Fresh Face

I always feel that drawing a face presents a type of double jeapody. Not only is there an expectation that the face will look real, there is often an equally strong requirement that the drawing actually looks like the person being drawn!

This desire for a convincing likeness makes drawing well know personalities particularly challenging, whereas the features of a new family member are known to only a few people. Hence less stress for me, except perhaps for when I show this drawing to her parents.