Eyeballs.

Our final project in my drawing class is this:
Choose 5 drawings we have done in class and finish them.
Make 5 entirely new drawings of whatever we choose.

For the 5 new drawings I decided to draw some of my photographs. In theory this seemed like a most excellent idea considering I lack any ability to pull stuff right out of my head. (Also, that would hurt.) In practice this is making my eyeballs explode. Actually choosing 5 photos out of my 7,000?

Here is the one I have picked so far:

I started this drawing in class today and proceeded to smudge charcoal all over my shiny white macbook. Awesome.


Here is another I'm 90% sure I'm going to pick:


I'm trying to choose photos that have a lot of clear detail and are not lame.