Russian Woman Portrait

[Anomily]

Hello! I want to use hatching exclusively (no smudging). I'm not sure where to go from there. Please rip it apart!

Thanks!

Hey Zizka, I'm not the best hatcher as i tend to unintentionally smudge. 



As others have said, your lines don't follow the form. Your lines are very stiff. That itself isn't a deal breaker, but I think you need to push your value. Even in her nostrils there is more value than  depicted.   look at the works of Edward Gorey, whose lines are also fairly stiff.Brett Helquist is also another good cross hatcher. The heavy textured background may be interfering with your sense of value.Your reference photos also aren't the best for practice as some "interpretation"is needed for values & features.Sorry for formatting... Computerissues