Day fifty-nine of The 100 Day Project for 2021.

There are still issues with what is now yesterday's sketch:

The frame at the front should become smaller on the left side, and the lens and frame should be elongated.
If that were so, the rear frame would be correctly proportioned. Though the angle of the frame near the centre is a bit too "twisted". Angled back too far.

But, if you ignore the source image, I think this is probably one of my more satisfying ones from the project.

And while my shading still needs work in terms of execution, I think I did relatively okay with the variations, the outline, etc.

Again, it could be improved on pretty much every count. But it feels better executed than many of my sketches so far.

I outlined it all with a 4H pencil, then variously used a 2B, a 4B and an F ( :o new pencil alert! I suspect I used it for the wrong purpose! :P ), and then signed it off with an HB pencil.

The source photo is from February 2016, when I put my glasses on to speak to my parents on Skype after I'd taken my contacts out for the night.

I discovered they were desperately in need of a clean. I started doing an ad hoc job with the cuff of my jumper. I managed to twist the frame just so, accidentally. I snapped the frames right in the centre of the bridge, as you can see.

They were almost ten years old then. The optometrist had told me I'd need to replace them soon, as the prescription was starting to be too markedly different to what my eyes were at that point.

The replacements I found were very similar. And then, when I had to change my prescription again, I managed to find identical frames. So my current glasses are a very similar frame shape in a very similar colour.

Unfortunately, I think my lenses are overdue to be replaced again because of further changes in my prescription.

I don't like my chances of being lazy and finding the same or similar frames again.

I may actually have to make a decision on something entirely different in a few months when I'm due for my eye tests.