I feel like I kinda understand, but also not. I’m having a difficult time separating things in my mind, like shapes vs contour. I think I’m focusing too much on contour, but I tried to think about the shapes while I was drawing.

Here's my level 1 snail. I think I'm taking too long and calculating too much. I spent some time just ghosting and redrawing the lines to build more confidence.

At first I did the assignment with a pencil, but then I got a bit carried away and redid all the pencil marks with ink and added a bit of watercolor on top. The hardest part was the twisting of the laces. They feel more like ribbons instead of laces with thickness. Following a similar line, very close to it, but slightly different was definitely tough.

These were a challenge because there is some foreshortening going on in the picture. I wanted to go bigger and started bigger but I went wrong somewhere on my proportion. Luckily I went light and could erase. Curious to see how Stan simplifies these boots.

Here's my line drawing submission, I think I might have added to much detail. I found it difficult to choose what to simplify when the subject is this detailed. All critiques are welcome.

I started with the boots because they really scared me. I honestly don't know if I did these right, they seem simple enough and I tried to think about what kind of line I was putting down before drawing it. The proportions are pretty off, but overall I'm pretty happy with how both drawings came out. I hope I did the assignment correctly with simplifying the lines.

First and second attempt, plus reference used. I had issues with my pencils not being what I thought they were, plus I had my son elbowing me while playing on his switch lol. The second attempt I did after really studying the reference image. Plus I was able to have some time relatively distraction free (I have a 6 month old as well.) I also switched to pencils from one set, as opposed to a HB from one set and a 2B from another. I was able to get more distinct (and predictable) values that way.