The photo accentuates the lights and darks more than I see in the drawing itself. Maybe I just want it to look better. Did not draw along, but compared the end drawing in the vid to what I was drawing. Half way through I discovered that zooming into the sculpture helped a lot.

Did this after watching the demo (i watched it on livestream lol)

Okay, made some changes. Original, Post Demo 1, Post Demo 2 https://www.proko.com/s/tnpN

Need to check my values: are half-tones lighter than reflected light. Dun Dun Dunnnnn

Thanks for the beautiful demo Stan. Is it possible to have some advice about how to recreate the lighting effects in the reference images? When I take my own reference pictures they look nothing like the stunning images provided for this exercise, and it would be nice to know how to get the right lighting set up for a still life if working from life for example.

I thought it would be interesting to see Stan's finished level 1 and level 2 side by side. It clearly shows that the shadow and light areas broadly established in level 1 are still very much maintained in level 2, despite all the extra details. The only part that I wondered about is on the left side of the head, sort of between the cheek and the ear: I kept thinking it looked almost like a halftone, not a shadow. So I tested it by copying swatches of tone and sure enough, it's still darker than a halftone. It probably feels lighter only because of darker values surrounding it. Also, I wanted to ask about the concept of "contained shapes" that Stan talks about around minute 17. The video shows a couple of examples of artists who use contained shapes but could someone please suggest some counter examples? Artists that use non-contained shapes? It might help to understand the concept.