Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:28 pm by thearne76
That s a great first attempt, but like others said the proportions are off. I would still incourage you to free sketch portraits from time to time, especially if it is just a random person and it doesnt have to be exact. This way you can still complete a good drawing but you'll know to yourself how close or far off you were at nailing the proportions.
If you going to draw someone famous, I would almost always grid or use some other method of finding landmarks. That is unless you are going for a more sketch like style.
Another thing with the grid is that you still need to treat the entire area as a whole, other wise you will get lost and still end up with skewed proportions.