From Landscape painting to Portrait studies

Of late I have been very busy with my water colour medium as I am trying to get a better understanding of this challenging medium. However when too saturated, I shift my attention to

doing something else for instance Portrait study works.

Given below are some images of randomly done Portrait study works in the last ten days

 or so, on Canson Mi Teintes grey paper using General white pastel pencil 

and Camel soft charcoal pencil. I have tried Faces at different

 angles in order to get a better understanding of the face anatomy. 

All the above portrait works done on 5"X 7"  Canson Mi Teintes paper 

A Quotation that I find very inspiring.

"The only time I feel alive is when I am painting." Vincent Van Gogh