#drawtree

how do the cheeks sit? the jaw? the forehead? What gives the face dimension? Done be afraid to drop shadows in here to help you see the contours independent of the photo

The purpose of this is to understand how the persons face is built, not its immediate surface characteristics, so that when you want to draw them on your own it will come easier ^__^

In fact! I actually recommend drawing side be side each step, free of a tracer layer, to help you see what your doing without the details behind it. Im doing mine PSE, and in my sketchbook 

For this method, I am using an art program on my computer (whichever you choose) and my bity bity tablet that a friend bought me for pretty inexpensive, I call him Reginald. The same effect/learning tool can be achieved with a printed image and tracing paper ^__^

I have Reginalds' pen set to pressure sensitive, so that PSE knows when Im pressing down hard, or not; this helps adjust the thickness of the line, something that would be intuitive if you were to be drawing on paper.