Evaluation

I think the hair turned out well.

 The shape of her face could have been less round, and the eyes could have been more "fierce".  I liked her mouth, but it could again have been more angry. I think the haziness turned out well and left a mysterious effect despite the softness of it, but a more dramatic approach to the drawing might have turned out better. What the soft, hazy version manages to do that would have been a lot more difficult to manage with a darker drawing was the enhanced features of her eyes and hair, what I think is the most essential part of the drawing. I think the haziness around the right shoulder also helped to get the eyes and hair more forward.
I think that most of her features are accurate compared to the original image, especially her hair, which turned out how I wanted it to do, but all in all the image could have been less delicate and more bold.

I think I worked well during this unit, and the drawing looks a lot like the real-life Bellatrix Lestrange.

:)

Done!

During the last couple of days I have worked quite a lot with my drawing. I've worked quite a lot on the face and shoulder. For the face, I had to erase the highlighted areas of her face (the forehead, nose, cheekbones, chin) which, as opposed to being the whitest part of the drawing, had been smudged a light grey. I then had to work on evening out the face.
I then proceeded to working on her lips. Although they had seemed realistic when I had drawn them, I now thought they looked rushed and a little clumsy. Although she seems to be smiling more in my drawing than in the original image, I now think they look a lot more realistic.
After the mouth, I went on to the eyes. I had drawn their outlines very dark, since they were close to black in the original image, but the way I had done it had left a cartoonish result, and I therefore worrked on softening them. I also worked with the irises, and with the shading beneath her eyebrows.
Then I went on to the shadowing below her cheekbones. I found this challenging, since I found it difficult to get them the right strength, placement, and even enough, but, after quite a few tries and erasing, I managed to get it right.
I then made a background of a hazy light grey that is darker at the left side, fitting with the direction of the light in my drawing that leaves the left side darker than the right. I managed to get it somewhat even and hazy, while still having some variation and darker places, leaving a somewhat mysterious and rough effect. I left a little light area around her, giving her a somewhat glowing look.
After this I worked on her shoulder. Previously, with the drawing of the contours of her face and such, I had had a very careful approach, leaving only light lines, so I was easily able to erase them if I made a mistake. Unfortunately, I did not do this on her shoulder, and when I realised that it should have been done differently, it was too late, and the best I could do was to make it lighter and somewhat faded, making it fade into the background, so that the mistake is less evident.
When I thought I was done, I used a tip that I had previously gotten during some earlier drawing, and held my image in front of a mirror to spot mistakes. I then realised that her mouth was skew and her eyes were uneven, so I did my best to correct this.


Now I am finished, and all in all I am quite satisfied with my result. :)

Soon Done :)

The Due date will be coming up soon, and the hair is in fact nearly done! I've worked on some shadows and contours, but I am trying not to overdo it, as this might be difficult to erase. I'm trying to make some parts of her  hair darker and thereby more realistic, but my main focus for now is getting the hair done, and I also have some work to do on her upper body. Then I'll be drawing some more freehand contours and adjustements :)

Progress

I have now worked quite a bit on the drawing, and it's turning out pretty good, although it is quite frustrating at times and requires a lot of patience, especially since she has so much hair which takes ages to do! Quite a few times now actually have I wished she could just have been bald or something. -_-
It is, however, fun to see how it develops. What I need to do now is finish her wonderful hair, do some shading and perhaps do something on the background.
I also need to trust myself a bit more and draw some darker lines, as my drawing is desperate of some contrast. We'll see how it goes.