[Henry Wong]

Hello, I'm relatively new to this forum. These were some very recent graphite pencil drawings, they were all done on A3 size pages. I'm not so much interested in likeness, but rather on my style, and perhaps any mistakes in shading I have made.

Some of my concerns with these are:

Whether I have expressed the difference between masculine and feminine characteristics effectively

perhaps some tips on how to more effectively represent the changes in contour of the human face. Does this ability simply come from practice?

Making the distinction between pale and dark skin. The first two drawings are of women with very white asian skin, whilst the second is of dark skin.

I also find it difficult to include a lot of detail into the drawings. Despite their A3 size, I am still unable to clearly express details, such as the subtle changes in colour of the lips and the corners of the eye lids.

I also have a question, how do I more effectively achieve resemblance in a portrait drawing? I have tried scanning my drawings and juxtaposing it on the original picture, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with proportions, and yet, my drawing some how still looks different and does not effectively trigger recognition. Would you say that achieving likeness depends on photographic similarity, or would it be possible to achieve likeness despite having slightly different proportions?