Ive been practicing the measuring proportions part in drawing basics and Its been tough for me. Ive watched the demo, and eyeballing video several times to write down notes and get a good understand on what to do. This is a practice I did using a reference and I am alright with it. I tried to make her look pretty exactly like the reference but I just like im still far from it. I only focused on the face and didn't go detail on the hands or hair. This took me about 2 hours to complete. I think my main problem is that I am expecting this to be a finish work of art. I would like to get a critique on this practice I did because I want to improve. Lastly, I am curious why Stan decided to go with the mapping or laying out approach when doing this portrait practice. When I was practicing I was wondering how come we don't do the loomis method or something similar to get the face right? My guess is because using the loomis method requires us to think 3D? I am still on the shapes chapter and did not get to perspectives yet. Anyways any feedback or critique would be great! :)