This is my second attempt of the project- organising line weight. I don’t have much to add to my rhinos. I watched the Depth and from demo and Stan was using a charcoal pencil which caught my interest. Any recommendations on how to get started with charcoal or maybe what brands to look at?

I tried drawing the big primary forms first before moving on, I had some trouble with cross contours and I also feel like I messed up the perspective of the legs in some of these which makes the drawing look off or awry. I see someone else had also decided to draw leopard geckos, always cool to see how other people draw, Interpret and create there own ideas using the same inspirations and reference photos as yourself.

I should probably learn how to stick to a framework when drawing. Starting with my big shapes and working my way down to the details. I assume if apply this it would help me familiarise myself with the subjects forms and be able to construct and manipulate those forms more freely and efficiently. critiques are more than welcome.

I have been having trouble moving on from projects ever since I started this course. I always seem to find a reason not to move on or something I could improve on. When do I know I’m ready to move on to the next project and what should my goal be. Should I strive for perfection and try to apply the concepts mentioned until they become effortless and intuitive or should I practice just enough so I could say I got some valuable information out of the project which helped me improve. Critiques or more than welcome.

Im having trouble with simplifying my subjects down to the big idea. I find myself focusing more on getting the proportions right (even if I’m not necessarily getting them accurate) than paying attention to the subjects features and characteristics. I find it difficult to interpret and exaggerate those features as I personally feel is correct. What I see Stan doing allot especially in the level 2 demo is drawing and perhaps also exaggerating what he finds interesting and not focusing on getting the proportions right. Any suggestion how to get into a more exploration mind set?

Starting with my first attempt of hierarchy of importance, at times I tried simplifying lines a bit to much for example the leg closest to the camera I simplified to a straight and an s curve even though there was more variety in the drawing Stan provided us with. Stan also mentioned to try having more variety in your lines to make you drawing feel more organic, I interpreted this as in my lines transitioning from thick to thin although I’m not sure if that’s what he meant. Lastly to make lines feel lighter they don’t necessarily have to be thinner in comparison to the surrounding lines. You can convey lighter lines through value as well and how I understood this is that it comes down to the contrast between your lines soft vs sharp, dark vs light and thick vs thin. For organising line weight bye light and shadow I didn’t quite understand what Stan mentioned about contrast between forms and light and shadow. And I’m generally unsure about both of my attempts after watching the demos if I clearly conveyed the ideas of organising line weight bye a hierarchy of importance and light and shadow. For me personally i think i didn’t exaggerate the the concepts or ideas enough. i also took different photos some i took with my my phone and the others i used a scanner it would be great if any one could let me know wich ones they prefer and find easier to critique. critiques are always welcome.

Did some more animal sketches. Im having some trouble with the lighting when I take my pictures any suggestions on how to make the lighting more neutral and evened out.

Hello, this was allot of fun, I tried looking for features that stood out to me for example the big eyes and the weird looking mouth. I think my drawings ended up a bit small and I should have tried using my arm and elbow more. I’m not sure how to explain it but I feel like my lines kinda look course. Always happy to receive some critique.

Hello, this was definitely the project I struggled the most with till know, I had allot of trouble trying to internalise the characteristics and features of the animals which made it harder to exaggerate those features for my final sketch. I’m definitely excited to do more of these and I’d be more than happy to receive some critiques.

Hello, I had allot of fun with the hand reference so I drew some more hands. I tried looking for rhythms and tried simplifying my lines as much as possible. Always happy to get some critique.