Haven't done gesture in a while - thanks Michael for the extra motivation to jump into it again!

Here's my work for this week. :)

Level 1: Gradient with 11 steps, using 2H, 2B and 5B pencils. Level 2: Gradient with 8 steps using 2B only - blind & random. Turned out better than expected but the fill is more spotty as I struggled not to accidentally flip and bend the paper with the pencil slipping under the edge. Fun exercises!

Thank you, Stan.

13:16 Marshalls evil laughter fits those dark moody concepts perfectly.

Getting familiar with angles also comes in handy in navigation on land, sea and in the air.

Tried to fit them all on one page, I hope it's not too confusing to read! I also added little notes to the side to keep me focused on certain issues I'm having. Definitely got me more used to using the new tools! The ruler and 0.05 mechanical pencil were mainly used here. I'm going to have to use the Triangle Rulers more because I don't think some of these are accurate to 60 degrees! Definitely something I need to hammer in to me in the future. I think the main problems I'm having here are consistency with line angles and proportion. I can't seem to get them consistently down, even if I do measure with the ruler. The ruler does come in handy though, and it does help with measuring proportions more accurately than by hand. That and other problems like angles of ellipses and other box angles; topics that will probably be addressed in our studies later down the line. Also tried to make a some of the boxes transparent; this really made me have to think about accurate form, but it sure made the exercise feel more challenging and fun! Also for the one at the bottom, I went and did a little peer study of one of Sandra Salem's pages. It's not accurate, but I thought the shapes she choose were so cool! Definitely need to work on accuracy, proportion, and angles as the lessons continue, but this was a really fun exercise regardless!

I drew a line.

Keeping a sketchbook - yes ... but ... fill it with WHAT and HOW? There are so many approaches to drawing! Drawing from imagination, drawing from reference, drawing from observation, brainless habit drawings (doodeling), warmup sketches, anatomy studies, life drawing, master studies, notes during courses, style studies, technique experimentations ... analog ... digital ... ! ... My sketchbooks are all over the place in their approach, contents and also stylistically ... I tried to categorize some but its still a mess. I envy artists that have a unique style that makes them recognizable right away and have sketchbooks that look like carefully pieced together published art books.

I love isometric perspective. Probably because of all those video games that I played back in the day that used isometric graphics. I also love marble runs, so I constructed one. If the WEBP format works it should play as an animation.