Last semester I took Head Drawing with William Maughan, a challenging, but rewarding course. It was a privilege to learn from someone so talented and accomplished. We used his book, which I found to be a wonderful resource and I know I’ll be referring to it in future practice.
The drawing below was done as part of a unit on ears so I’ve included my ear practice drawings above. These are done primarily with a red/brown pastel pencil (stabilo carbothello) on toned paper. I used a titanium white pastel pencil for the highlights.
Apple N Pear 
Very skillfull. Well done shiny with dull crayons. I applaud your work.
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Thanks Paula. These are done with carbothello pastel pencils which are fun to work with. Thanks for the heads up with the ads – will see what I can do.
Love seeing the detail.
Beautiful.
Nice shading and detail to the ear. They aren’t easy.
Thank you!
The ear – and the rest of the head – looks fantastic mate! Am I reading it right in that it’s just the one colour of pencil, with pressure changing the colouration? Even if not, it’s still a fine piece of work
I used a red/brown pastel pencil for most of it and a white (titanium) pastel pencil for the highlights.