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A great drawing and good advice on technique! Drawing is something of a dead art. I recently went back to UNI to do a fine art degree after 18 months at TAFE. The TAFE HOD hunted up an old Russian trained drawer. She was amazing. At UNI they had no one teaching drawing at all. I now teach design graphics and architecture. I insist on students gaining hand drawing skills. If I see smudging I want the drawing be done over. Most students don't use enough white - this can be drawn over the grey/black to get the correct levels. I personally like to leave my guide lines in a drawing as it gives it a certain dinamic feel. Also I feel a good drawing is often democratic ie. as much effort goes into the parts that are not really the main focus of the drawing. Working from one part of the drawing then on another helps this. An appreciation of "negative space" drawing is also valuable.
But in the end everyone has their own style.
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