Hi Marshall! I'm trying to make a habit of commenting and leaving my thoughts, something I'm not very good at. I saw this first on Youtube and immediately clicked on to watch it, and thoroughly enjoyed learning about how things were done back in the day (For much of it, I was either not born or simply a wee lad making his first pencil marks, but these technical kinds of drawings awed me even back then). Then I clicked back onto this tab to see if any new lessons were here, and saw this video again. Happily clicked onto it to enjoy it a second time! My dad would often try to sell me on the virtues of living in California, since he worked a lot in L.A., but being an Alaskan I just never thought I could withstand the heat. I would try if I could though, for a chance to learn at one of your in-person classes! For now, this is great. Love the stories, and I hope to hear more.

Assignments like these are what challenge my understanding of my own observational skills. I'm glad to be given that chance, even when I fall short of my own expectations. Here's a few of my favorite works of art, from some of my favorite artists and I'll try to do my best to analyze them. The first one is an environmental/background by Kazuo Oga done for the Ghibli film, "Only Yesterday", and I'd rate it thusly: Diminution: 5 Convergence: 4 Foreshortening: 4 Overlap: 3 Atmosphere: 4 Next is a woodblock print by Hasui Kawase of Zojoji Temple in Shiba. Diminution: 3 Convergence: 1 Foreshortening: 1 Overlap: 5 Atmosphere: 3 After this is one of my favorite works by Tolkien, titled "Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves". Diminution: 5 Convergence: 4 Foreshortening: 2 Overlap: 4 Atmosphere: 4 And lastly, one I discovered from Maurice LeLoir, called "Opportunity Makes the Thief". Diminution: 4 Convergence: 2 Foreshortening: 3 Overlap: 4 Atmosphere: 5 I'm still hunting down treasures when and where I can. I'm realizing I just haven't done that enough and that I've been missing out on a wealth of artistic inspiration. There's always so much more to learn.

I clearly have a long ways to go, but I've been practicing here, there, whenever I can find time to kind of program my brain to do this thing. Here's my favorite little bit that I've done, and the only one I have that's really worth seeing!

This was fun! :) I enjoyed both research and drawing part of it. I created a redrawing of Sandro Del Prete on first page, by analysing it first. On second page i copied some random illusions i've found. I did everything freehand, because it is part of the fun, when drawing traditionally imo. I know rendering is not the point here, but i could not resist the urge :) I think i started to understand these isometric optical illusions after this exercise. I had never given any thought about this subject before, tbh.

Hey guys! I've been a long-time follower and enjoyer of the Draftsman Podcast and an artist since I was old enough to hold a pencil. But perspective and environments in general are perhaps my biggest weakness, and I would love to learn how to do them better, and that's why I'm here. I'm tired of fumbling around in the dark when it comes to something so foundational!