
Tram, 2008, by Fred Hatt
Faces are so complex I find it hard to draw them small. Working at about twice life size gives enough room for my hand to delineate the shapes I see, using the blunt crayons that are my favored tool. The enlarged scale makes the images imposing even when seen from a distance.
This is Tram, one of the older professional artists’ models working in New York. His aquiline nose and great white beard make for a picture of gravitas, but he can also have a more impish quality. Here are two quicker sketches of Tram:

Tram Profile, 2009, by Fred Hatt

Tram Face Front, 2009, by Fred Hatt
Here are some other large-scale portrait drawings in aquarelle crayon on paper, all done in 2009. Fellow artist Iurro, wearing a fedora:

Iurro, 2009, by Fred Hatt
A simplified study in lines and highlights of a face with very strongly defined features:

Tony, 2009, by Fred Hatt
A 20-minute profile sketch. The ear and eye are almost two separate characters here:

Colin, 2009, by Fred Hatt
The loveliness of youth:

Danielle, 2009, by Fred Hatt
And the beauty of maturity:

John W., 2009, by Fred Hatt
Remembering the past:

Elizabeth, 2009, by Fred Hatt
Imagining the future:

Donna, 2009, by Fred Hatt
The structure of this face was so strong that the drawing came right together, and I had time to study the complexities of color:

Michael W., 2009, by Fred Hatt
All of these are 70 cm x 50 cm (19.7? x 27.5?), except Danielle, which is 35 cm x 50 cm. All are Caran d’Ache aquarelle crayon on Fabriano Elle Erre paper. Other large-scale portraits of mine can be seen here and here and here.