1nd attempt,tried to make a goomba and a others forms.

This was fun - and I think I will keep drawing these as warmups and just for fun. I really enjoy ellipses, but have never tried emphasizing one side and de-emphasizing the other. Here's what I learned that might help others: I do a lot better when the part of the ellipse that's meant to be darker is on the top (i.e. facing away from me, so when I lay it down, I'm pressing down when I'm pushing the pencil away from myself). Hopefully that makes sense to people. I figured out near the end that rotating the sketchbook so that the part of the ellipse that was supposed to be visible was farthest from me, I was able to ghost the invisible half much more easily. Try it yourself! Or try the opposite - you might prefer to draw darker when bringing your pencil back toward you!

It took me a few days to work up the courage to even try this one. I'm very new to the whole values thing. Please help!

I've always enjoyed drawing and wish I'd gone to art school. Figured it was time to apply a little rigor to my creative practice so here I am! For this assignment I drew a sloth and a YETI.