Here is my Level 1 A value studies. I noticed the mood of the portrait changed with the change in value composition. I'll post Level 1 B here later. (It's been nearly a year since I posted but I have been following along. I am trying to overcome my messiness!)

I can see I need more practice keeping the proportions when I switch to drawing from imagination/memory.

Wow, I need this exercise! Between keeping my eyes focused on where I'm pulling the line AND my wrist habitually curving, this was a challenge. I'll be using this more in my warm ups.

What an eye opener! In the paintings I chose I noticed diminution and convergence dominated. That said, Parrish had little convergence, which surprised me, instead the use of overlap dominated. Similarly, in Frazetta's painting there is more overlap than convergence. Moran used conversion most strongly in the background. I found little or zero use of foreshortening in these selected land and city scapes. Is this a general rule, the further away the less foreshortening? On the 1-5 DCFOA scale, (with my addition of zero), here are my rankings: Frank Frazetta "Atlantis" 5 3 1 4 2 Jeremy Mann "Morning in Yellow" 4 5 1 2 3 Laurence Stephen Lowry "Let the Battle Commence" 5 4 0 2 3 Maxfield Parrish "Morning Light" 4 2 1 5 3 Thomas Moran "Venetian Canal" 5 3 0 2 4

I'm starting with the basics.

I am sharing two contemporary artist: Peter Van Dyck and Antonio López García. Peter’s work interests me because his surety in drawing allows him to meditate on space and light. Antonio López is such a great artist who continually explores the visual field through his drawings and paintings. i am would like to gain greater confidence in my drawing of of both interior and exterior spaces and be able to integrate figures into these spaces.

I am trying to resume the course after a long break..... Any recommendation or critique will be welcome.

Looking forward to starting! I began my art journey when I retired. I've found the Proko courses and YT freebies to be so helpful. My intent is toward fine art and illustration although I have a long journey ahead of me. I see others, too, are influenced by Jean Girard (Moebius), M.C. Escher, Thomas Schaller. I'm adding: 1 Frank Frazetta; 2 Jeremy Mann; 3 L.S. Lowry; 4 Maxfield Parrish; and 5 Roger Dean.