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I'm sorry ahead of time for noting a very small and insignificant detail. Overall, your work here is great, you've got a clear use of form and a good range of values. However, only because I've experienced this before, your drawing seems to indicate a portion of the sitter's right clavicle (anatomical right) that has a steep angle to its center form. In your drawing, it appears, like my clavicle, to have been broken at some point and re-fused over time where one bone slightly overlaps the other. In an unbroken collarbone, it is one piece that handlebars across the chest. It appears, from observation of the image, that what you meant to indicate was a muscle separation between the chest and shoulder. It doesn't appear that this sitter has had the pleasure of snapping this particular part of his body, a part that's generally one of the strongest in everybody's but my own. Perhaps only lightening this very small and insignificant area might help to reduce the concavity, and thus "sharpness" of the angle. Regardless, thank you for sharing much better work than I could have done myself today; I'd trust your opinion over mine in resolving this, but I wanted to share that observation anyhow.
@npassons
Hi, I'm looking for some feedback. I have a few years of drawing experience. The first drawing, labeled with a one, I tried to draw what was expected of the prompt, kept lines really simple. The second I drew along with Stan, sort of. The following drawings I opened up very loosely. Varying some media, I used fineliner, charcoal, ballpoint pen, and colored pencil. I'm not sure if I'm missing the point here.
Jesse W.
2yr
You're learning a mental/expressive skill with gesture; I don't think the specific technique is the key element here, and in fact switching up mediums/techniques can distract from learning the core skill here. I'd suggest sticking to a single medium and work on the fundamentals Stan repeats throughout this video, i.e. motion, not contour; longest lines of action; CSI marks, etc. You'll see progress by deliberately practicing those aspects. Work on technique separately; if you're new it's a lot to juggle at once. I'd suggest for learning, sticking to a medium that encourages smooth, graceful arm-based movements rather than pen or graphite, because they are mediums that want to be precise and detailed. That isn't really the mindset you're after while learning gesture.
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