Mountain sketch.. a love and hate sketch..LOL!

This is a drawing based on another sketch but was altered to make my own. The idea was to work more on shading and lighting and to give my drawing more depth and personality. There is some muddiness with this sketch that bugs me a great deal but the idea was not to draw perfection but to learn. Now that I have it scanned and I see it more clear...I lost my depth and detail. I got a little carried away with the smuggling I guess.  Maybe next time it will look better?

Sketch of my friend Big Jon U.K

This is a sketch done from a profile photo of a good friend of mine from the U.K. I wanted to work on my shading and hair drawing skills.... clearly I need more work but it does look like him and it has a nice vibe to it. I wish I could have gotten more texture to the face to make it stand out more and around the eyes to make them look sharper and more life like. It's a hit and miss but it's one more step towards being better at drawing.