Project 5- Portrait and Musuem visit

I selected the inspirational pieces because they looked like they showed a lot of emotion and meaning. While drawing my own portrait I realized how hard it is to show this meaning and emotion.
I choose to draw with pencil because this is the first portrait that I ever drew and figured pencil would be the easiest to work with.
The challenges I faced is drawing and shading. There are lines on my face in the picture I used but it was hard to represent these lines in the portrait. I put in lines and they just don’t look right I am not completely sure how to overcome this challenge.
This piece represents me because as you or anyone can see I am not a pro artist but I did try my hardest. I give the creators of portraits more credit after trying to create one myself, it is no easy task.
The biggest element that I noticed using was shading, and lighting. Lighting came into play when I was taking the picture of myself with my web cam and shading came big into play when I was drawing the portrait.
I can’t say I enjoyed working on this project I am just not the drawing or art type, but it was good to see how much work it takes to put a good portrait on paper.
My final artwork is the best work I could have but out for being an amateur. I could defiantly use some drawing coaching.

The first piece i used is Tam Gan by Robert Henri 1974 oil on canvas
The second piece i used is Milton Rogovin by Alec Soth 2004 color print
The third piece i used is La jeune bonne by Amedeo Modigliani 1918 oil on canvas