I know this picture is done through charcoal or pastel, but it shows clearly where the light hits her face. This tutorial will be going into detail on how shading works as well as understanding the human face. In order to replicate this you're going to need to start by creating a light outline. Since this drawing looks fairly rough, I suggest you try and sketch the outline quickly without thinking. This is so that you aren't so worried about perfecting the lines so you can create movement in the drawing as shown above. You can always refine the lines later if you aren't happy with the rough look. Anyway I personally would start with the eye since that is how you can distinguish who the person is, as well as base proportions from it. Proportions being the most important thing in terms of creating a recognizable face.
When you shade you want to choose a light direction so you can base all the shading around that one direction. In the picture above the light direction seems to be coming from front on at a low angle from the left side. You can tell by how the light reflects off the eye, since it is at the lower part of her pupil. Once you have chosen a light direction you want to replicate that same light direction throughout. First you need to understand the structure of the human face, the drawing above is a good example since the white effectively shows the way her face is shaped. For example you can see at the shading above the lips helps to show that the lips stick out more then the eyes do, same goes for the nose. So you can clearly see how the light hits her nose and what effect that has on her whole face. Understanding how the curves of the human face is fairly difficult to master, but this drawing above highlights the lighting and shading very clearly so I hope it helps.
Feel free to post your outcome in the comment section below, have fun!
Artist: 0ptimistprime
Picture retrieved from: Late night Doctor Who sketching
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