Drawrch 2026 #29: Scrunch

Martin · 24 days (10:47 AM · Mar 29, 2026)
An illustration of a man scrunching his face together as if he is sad or in pain. The man is facing the viewer directly. He has a round head, and it is lit brightly in the middle, on his forehead and nose, from a light slightly above and in front of him. His nose is casting a soft shadow down onto his lips. The man's eyes are closed, and his teeth are visible through open lips. He has a stubbly mustache and beard. The man is wearing a black shirt. The man is drawn in black and white and the background is a pale teal.

Today's Drawrch illustration is of a man scrunching his face together in pain or sadness.

I said the other day that I wasn't going to do another drawing in this style for this project, but the reference image for this one was in black and white and I couldn't resist the temptation to do more values drawing. I did try a new gouache brush for this one though, and I actually really enjoyed it. More so than the charcoal brush from the other illustrations, even though the outcome is roughly the same.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, and the Night Heron brush for everything else.

The photo I used as a reference for this drawing is from SketchDaily.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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