level 1 done, onto level 2.

late af, but here we are for level 2. level 1 in critique sec.

dumbass me put around 4 hours on 1 thumbnail because I was working with 0.5 mechanical pencil, so the first one has a lot of time invested also because I was laying lines like in measurement project still got a lot of forms inaccurate 🤡😭😭😭😭😭. I am so cooked because even the first level was more hard to me than measurements. level 2 and rest of projects in other post, in mean time sayonara. and also I have a lot of question but one thing for sure I was improving in watching values with every next project, leave putting values for now. I have art history papers due, and fundamentals portfolio... (over due) but I will try my best to submit level 2 by nov 15. questions and doubts: 1) in first one I tried to lay lines first, it took a lot of time as stated first 1 or 2 hours just to lay in lines, than again I didn't have caught to perspective yet, but do we need to lay lines first? if yes, was there problem in my way of laying lines, (I did as showed in measurement video of eyeballing proportions) 2) in other projects I tried to not lay in lines, the problem occurred was without laying in any lines it was really hard to fill spaces, and eventually I completed the projects in 20 mins but they looked like quick gestures. 3) I know I have to squint but still due to colours and over texture I was unable to find the separation between light and dark, other than that I think first one is looking accurate out of all 3, but first one was tiring and over frustrating. those are doubts, and I did not completed chairs in first one and texture in last one, more like I (my brain) just got burned because I am drawing from 5 to 6 hours straight.

Please provide comments. I would very much like to better myself, but it is hard to if I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I have attached my try of the seals & sea lions. I will work on more as I can. Thank you in advance for your help.