Exercise - Looking closer (option 2)

For me the most prominent features of the the sheep's skull are the eye sockets, cave like quality when viewed in isolation from the rest of the surrounding skull.  Still wanted the final piece to hint at what the subject matter was, so included some of horn and the jaw line running down to the teeth.

Study:

Final drawing:

The final drawing done in pen and soft pastels, the pastels on paper was easily blended to define the smooth quality of the skull. Also conscious of the negative shapes surrounding the skull, purposely including the triangular areas to left and at the top of the drawing.

Colours included where kept to a minimum, just a enough to distinguish the horn from the skull and the background.

Possibly out of all the drawings done for assignment five this one appeals to me the most, capturing the components that attracted me to the subject matter in the first place without feeling the need to include/draw the whole skull.