The root on the left was from photo reference with a high angle where the model's head and chest were coming towards the camera, but I think the posing of the two characters breaks that illusion since the right side character doesn't have similar foreshortening. Either way, lessons learned and it was a great opportunity to revisit appealing shapes. Edit: I added a followup I did after watching the critique.

It took me awhile to get used to it, but I think I got the hang of it in the end. I tried to tilt the head of a buck, but tilting the antlers was way hard than I was expecting.

With the last one, I tried to rotate the pose, but I think I changed the posture quite a bit by mistake. In hindsight, I think I misunderstood the blobs to boxy torsos section, I ended up doing full figures

I was having difficulties with pulling clean straights and ellipses, warmups helped quite a bit. It also took me some time to understand why we needed to consider minor and major axis, though I think I have the hang of it now.

It took awhile to see the boxes in the hand. I found it really helped starting with a single plane, then figure out the angle needed to project it into a cube.

This exercise was great, I feel like I have a much better grasp of how to put a portrait into perspective.

I started putting a sketch book in my kitchen so I can do some perspective practice while waiting on food. One issues I was finding a fall into frequently was that my drawings always placed the opposing wall as much wider than it actually was. The mistake was making everything affixed to the wall appear much too wide/short. I am trying to put much more thought into the placement of that back wall at the beginning of the drawing.

Gave it a try studying rapids as well. I found it very clear to start with ellipses then I sketched on top the supporting details. I tried to show the rounded form of water falling off the edges but it was tough. The foam was 😭 Feedback always appreciated!

This is all after the demo. I do like these exercises, and I will definitely do alot more of these. I might be too caught up in the anatomy sometimes, but I am not sure. A lot of my own personal studies have some sort of anatomy studies in there so that is maybe why. The overhand grip again was very hard for me. I did feel it is a little more cleaner than last time, but it is very uncomfortable for my hand. I do like some more than others, but overall I am not sure where I should place myself. if there are any big mistakes or things I am doing well I am not aware of, letting me know is something I have a lot of gratitude for!

are these too sloppy?