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I think you did a really great job with the proportions and the big shapes for the shoes and the shell. For the snail, the section that is coming down the wood looks like it's missing a section of its body just below the shell. As for The boots in the front there is an overlap, but overlaps don't go all the way around the subject. It makes it look like a separate shape. I hope this helps, keep up the good work, Happy drawing!

Hi @Jake, nice work! I think the first one is especially good, with its more accurate drawing. I'll do my best to help you further :) Keep in mind that Stan will probably touch on the things I mention further down the course, so don't stress over it 😎 - When drawing keep a vertical and a horizontal line in mind. The vertical line parallel with the vertical edge of the paper and the horizontal line parallel with the horizontal edge of the paper. Having a clear idea of what is true horizontal and what is true vertical can help with the accuracy of the drawing. In the third drawing the pear looks like it's tilting the right --> the vertical relationships has not been captured accurately. In the second value scale, the shape of the squares changes. Try to make the size of the squares consistent and edges truly horizontal and vertical. It might sound overkill, but it's good practice for capturing the more complex shapes of nature. - I would encourage you to do another value scale. The steps look pretty good (you might want to darken the mid value and the second to darkest value. The value scale leans a bit to the light side). The main thing I notice is an uneveness withing each square. In your next one, try to make the values more even. This can take some extra time, but it's a great way to build value control skills. When shading a drawing, a change in value comunicates something, such as a change in form. If the value changes in the wrong place the form might not read the way you intended it to. When doing the value scale I would recommend making the lines for the squares light, so that the edge is created by the filled in values instead (you'll get to practice edge control - in this case making a hard edge.) I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!

Hi @Jake, cool drawing! It's great that you try challenging angles, and I think you did a pretty good job. The elliptical line wrapping as a crosscontour around the sphere (the line that the brows sit on), looks really nice! - I think you'll really benefit from, and enjoy taking the Drawing Basics course. It will give you a broad foundation that is going to help you in whatever subject you're drawing. - Try to be lighter on the hand as you draw. This video has some great tips on linework Intro to Lines . - Try to apply the same approach you use for drawing the head, when you draw the features; build the features with 3D-pieces. Do this with light lines, then render on top (Top 5 Drawing Mistakes (at 8:51-->) ) - Since you seem to enjoy working with value, I think you'll appreciate doing value studies. If you're interested, check out this video How to Organize Values (you can get it for free in the Proko Course Sampler ). I found working with 5 values difficult at first, so I started with practicing 2-value studies, then moving to 3, then 4, then 5. For the 2 value studies, I still used the same approach of finding the extremes, then judging a value against those, to discern what group it belonged to. (I attached a paintover of Proko user Tony Vu's work.) If you find it hard to control the value itself, it could be useful to do a value scale, with the drawing tool you intend to use. Draw five squares, and mark them 1 to 5. 1 is the white of the paper. 5 is as dark as you can go with the material. Start by filling in square 5. Get to know the material; apply strokes in different directions, build up the tone from light to darkest, feel where the tip of the tool is touching the paper. Make the tone as even as you can. Then do the same with square 3. The value should be inbetween the strength of 1 & 5. Then you do #2, which should be inbetween 1&3 in strength, then #4, which should be inbetween 3&5 in strength. I hope this helps :) Let me know if you have any questions!