The Magic of Daniel Radcliffe (30cm x 21cm) - Derwent Graphite on Drafting Film

You've caught him - he has helpful eyebrows, hasn't he...? Helpful to anyone trying to draw him, that is: they give you something to, er, hang on to.... He also has the sort of face which reveals his personality rather than one of those that people put on to conceal it: that tends to make the features work together (and I suspect reveals a good deal about his open character - a likable bloke, whatever one might think of Harry Potter: and to declare an interest, I did rather like those films, for the most part). I like the way you've dealt with the reflections in the eyes - too often, and it may be a small point but it's of interest, people try to equalize the lights in the eyes rather than show that they're as affected by light as anything else (this may sound weird, but take a close look at some portrait drawings and you might see what I mean - it's as if their subjects were caught in flash photography).

Thanks for the feedback, Robert. I was a little disappointed with the scanning of my image. Some of the blending in his cheeks is lost. I&#39;ve done another graphite of Doc Martin, but again the scan has washed out the face. I don&#39;t know whether a photograph may record more of the tone which does seem to be lost on the scanner - even at 600dpi.<br /><br />Best Wishes<br />JAM

Scanning will do that, unless it&#39;s the very highest quality used for print reproduction purposes; even then, it can take some tickling...<br /><br />I would suggest photographing your drawings in a good natural light. Always works better for me, even though I&#39;m fairly hopeless with a camera, and my camera isn&#39;t the fine young thing it once was.