Another portrait

This is another one of the portraits that I have been drawing, and it is the first sketch of someone that I, and possibly some of you reading this, know. It is a sketch of my lovely sister Kyra.

I was pretty happy with the way that this sketch turned out, although there are definitely some things that I have to work on with my future sketches. I used a normal "school pencil" and as you can see, the pencil strokes are very noticeable. I was having a hard time making them even, but hopefully with practise I will be able to eventually improve and make the strokes less noticeable. I am still trying to stay away from smudging my drawings ( though in this one I was very tempted!) :)
I also had a little trouble drawing the mouth, and those of you who know Kyra might notice that that part of the drawing may be a little off. And as for drawing the hair, I have decided that I might need a little more practise with that.
I recently got a pack of sketching pencils which include both light and dark pencils, so I am planning to play around with those and hopefully they might be easier to use for shading and such.