Black and White Portrait!

The Black and White portraits are difficult to make, especially if you're like me!
You'll see, I don't have any talent in free-handed drawing, I love to draw but unfortunately  it's not what I'm good at. My thing is more the technical drawing, but anyhow, I try to do some portraits too, or at least I tried with this one: Cara Delevigne!

It's from a photograph I found on the internet. I used a technique called Tracing, some say that's cheating, but for me, it's just another technique for drawing. 

I used a light box and the software Silhouette, with the software I traced it first, and then I printed it, and then I used that traced photo and my light box to make the drawing, of course, meaning the silhouette, then I had to make all the shadows by looking the original photograph.

It's my first portrait, so don't be so hard on me! I had a very long time of not drawing or shadowing.

Just a tip, when you're making the shadows, put a piece of paper under your hand, that will keep you form not stain the drawing.

Gear used: Drawing Book 90G

                  Pencils: HB, 2H and 2B

                  Wood Light Box.