My self-portrait

I had to make a self-portrait using a little mirror, so I would draw myself in the way in which I saw myself. I could make it with only a grey pencil or with either a grey pencil and colour pencils. I choose to use only a grey pencil, because I thought that would look nicer.

First, I started with drawing the form of my face. Then I drew my neck and shoulders. After I made this, I situated a horizontal and a vertical line in the middle of my face. Then I drew the outlines of my eyes on the vertical line. After this, I situated another vertical line in between the first vertical line and the bottom of my face. I drew outside lines of my nose just above this line. Then I situated another vertical line in between the last vertical line and the bottom of my face. I drew the outside lines of my mouth just above this line. 

After this, I could draw all the details of my face in my self-portrait. In my eyes I drew the iris and the pupil and I gave them eyelashes as well. Above my eyes I drew the eyebrows. Then I made the details at my nose. I tried to make some shadows on both sides of my nose. Below my nose, above my mouth, I made a kind of shadow as well. I made my lips a bit darker and gave it little cracks. Below my mouth I draw a little shadow for my chin. 

After I had drawn my face, I drew my hair. I did this by drawing a lot of little hairs next to each other. I tried to make it look realistic by making my hair a bit lighter on top of my head.