Dear @Stan Prokopenko and @Mike Mattesi I have learned so much from you, and I can usually get ok-ish gesture drawings thanks to your lessons, but I have an incredibly hard time trying to draw people in relaxed poses: people sitting at a café, waiting for the bus, eating at a restaurant or just casually walking. Do you have any tips to be able to draw this poses were nothing really stands out and I just can't see many rhythms or force to draw an interesting shape? I really like urban sketching, and of course people are not doing any stretching or weird movements, and I find my drawings all stiff and with no interesting shapes. Any tips to improve my drawings of people not really moving? Thank you so much for your help!

I just finished the lessons today, so I didn't have time to do all 20, but I gave it a shot. I still struggle with that jaw in perspective and with the jaw length and width.

Is it my impression, or the steps 8, 9, 10, and 11 were kindda rushed in the editing? I didn't really get the full process in those steps.

Holy Smokes, Mr @Michael Hampton I am a bit ashamed to ask this question after all the lessons and exercises (which I have seen and done. I'm just missing the latest one) but I am still confused with the brow line, and the length and width of the jaw. I mean, is there like a "landmark" for the eyebrow position, like the center line of the sphere in the Loomis method? I understand the "glasses" metaphor for the angle, but I mean the initial placement. How high or low in the ball is the initial brow line? How do I know if I'm placing it correctly? In the exercises I was just guessing based on the reference. Regarding the length, you explained is 1/3 of the total space of the head in the front, but how about in the extreme poses? How do I know if I am shortening or lengthening my lines too much? Is there a point of reference, a landmark in the ball, or in those angles or something to measure? Same thing with jaw width. Do I just guess by eye? I hope you or anyone in the community can help me. Thank you so much in advance.

Hello! Here are more 4 Step Method examples. I struggled with the bottom planes of the jaw.

Hi, I know it is quite late, but I still wanted to give it a try. I still steuggle with the length and width of the jaw, and the perspectives, but here they go. Any comments are most appreciated.

Hey Michael Hampton, Thanks for the class lessons and critiques. I was hoping you can help me understand the equatorial line? The equatorial line cuts the sphere in half, and that determines the brow to ear relation? For some reason I cant fully grasp it. I end up putting the brow line much higher or lower than the relationship of thirds of the face.

Thanks for this lesson, Mr Hampton! I have a question. Will later in the course be mentioned how to identify "landmarks" even for this basic constructions of the head? I mean, you mentioned that the ball is like 3/4 of the head. Is there such a reference for, let's say, identify where to put the eyebrow? Something like in Loomis' head where you put in in the centre of the ball. I'm a true beginner, so I get lost without references like this. Thanks!

BEHOLD!! This is where my two main weaknesses meet and make me shake in awe and fear: line quality and cross-contour lines! My hand is so stiff, man! I always have a really hard time creating C curves that feel rounded and maintaining the form. Let alone being able to make the cross contour lines on a vertical plane to really make it feel 3d, but I gave it a shot anyways!

Gosh, this lesson was confusing for me!