I would say some of the things in this drawing are working well, you are clearly looking at the forms and trying to assess where the landmarks are, but also the work is a little messy. For example the head is not a perfect circle like you've indicated here, the scapula and soulders are a bit off. Try to watch the video again and really understand what bumps and indicators on the photograph are leading Stan to seeing the underlying structure of the scapula. Your overall proportions and gesture are not bad! I would just try to focus a little bit more on mark making, line quality and accuracy! Keep it up!

Nice study!

I don't think you are taking on "too much" by placing the boxes in here. There are a lot of great reasons to find the box. But to give a little bit of my personal experience with boxes, they are only helpful when placed in the correct position. So for example, the top corners of the box representing the hips should perfectly align with the PSIS and ASIS. this can be challenging to do from a photograph, but not impossible, We can often see at least some indication of the PSIS points or ASIS points, but usually not both so we have to go on the tip and tilt of the trochanter to accurately assess the side we can not see. The bottom of the box for the hips will align with the pubis and the triangle of the sacrum can point us in the right direction. This can be challenging but a really great exercise in seeing beneath the skin and accurately finding those landmarks so that you can place those boxes in the right place. For the ribcage, you can find the 10th rib with pokes out on the left of the model on the second photograph in your reference, and you can use the manubrium (if seeing the front of the model) to judge the tilt. I don't know of an accurate way to judge the top of the box on a model from the back. potentially at the 7th cervical vertebrae? I find these boxes super difficult to place in accurately, but what they can do is help you understand what planes of the body we are seeing.

Yes 😂 - he made progress with this in the new courses tho!

I think stans measurement was different cause he tried to exaggerate the movement/gesture of the figure. Its more an artistic choice than a perfect copy of the reference. Sometimes it makes sense to go over the actual proportions to get more asthetic results. If you follow his drawings trust the process and after that try to do it again on your own without looking at his example.

great work!

I like the sketch very much.❤️

I think in this lesson we were mostly concerned with identifying the landmarks on the back of a human figure. I don't think the bean comes into play until when the focus is on drawing the structure.