Depiction of Marcus Brutus from "Julius Caesar"

   My English class was assigned a project relating to a play that we had recently read--Julius Caesar. For my project, I drew Marcus Brutus, the protagonist of the play, on a large sheet of poster paper. I referenced some pictures of men's faces on the internet to determine the proportions of my drawing's face. I used a 2H pencil to sketch the outline and proportions, a 2B pencil to darken and shade, a mechanical pencil to draw the hair, an eraser to add highlights, and a tortillon to blend the shaded areas. I think this project really helped me with my reading of the play because I got to bring one of the characters to life which changed my view of the character.