Yes, but is it art?

On the suggestion of someone fairly at random, I thought I'd try my hand at drawing. Now appreciate that I have no artistic talent at all, never have, and the last time I drew anything non-technical aside from the odd doodle was during my GCSEs, which is about 7 or so years ago now.

As far as inspiration goes, well, I couldn't think of anything more inspiring than April, so I decided on one of my favourite pictures of her to try and copy. Now what you're about to see lacks both a nose and a mouth for no other reason that the fact that I couldn't get them to look right - consider it a work in progress. Oh and for reference, I've also included the photo I was working from.



I will persist in the hope that I can get it to look right with all facial features intact, but we'll just have to see how successful I am.

On a side note, I should hopefully know the outcome of my job interview and the whole long-winded application process on Monday - if not, there's going to be murders.

Update:
I've reworked the sketch and although I'm still not really that happy with it, at least the facial features sort of work now, rather than looking totally out of place as they did before.