"Portrait of a old woman "on sketchbook with various pencils.

As you may have noticed I have posted more than one work about portraits, especially about people. Well, unfortunately that of portraits, especially if they are not animals (which I am more suited to) is one of the gaps on which I still have to seriously work a lot on. My difficulties are reproducing the size and shape of the head and nose, as well as retouching some details such as the ears and lips. If you notice, a little while ago I posted "Face of an elderly woman" which came out better than "Portrait of Ruth"... why?

"Portrait of Ruth Pozzi" drawing on paper with crayons.

My former art teacher advised me to take inspiration from some portraits of famous artists such as Van Gogh or Monet by carefully observing the lines and shapes and to try to reproduce them freehand on drawing diaries or sheets of paper and with the diaries I find myself I am more comfortable while on paper I find it difficult because I have to take into account the available space and the size of the subject to be represented. However, the road is still very long but I trust that by putting in the effort I will be able to achieve my objectives... but of course I will obviously also have to take into account the opinions expressed by those who observe my drawings and works both positively and negatively because a true artist must take both the good and the bad of what he does in his profession without replying or contesting, in fact every day when I post my works I am fully conscious and aware of the judgments that will be due to me regarding what I do and for this reason the desire and passion to try my hand in art it never fails.