For the past month, I have really started to want to improve my drawing skills, soI've done 3 full portaits. Of the three, this is the first one that I did using charcoal pencils. I still haven't grasped the full concept, I find it hard to use the white pencil- it seems to make everything an uneraseable grey, but I have done the best I could and hope that I did a little bit of justice to the beauty Kiera Knightley possesses.

I don't know exactly what I did wrong, but the bottom portion of the face, especially the lips seem off! O and another major thing, I have no idea how to do hair so I did the best I could with it. Another major flaw that I see is the mat board I used, it's texture seemed to leave white circles all over the place, but it's something I'll learn to be more careful with when choosing materials to work on.

Feel free to critique as harshly as you'd like, I would really like to absorb any helpful hints and critisism and only build on them. Thank you! = ]