I came back to this one since in the legs section Brent mentions that our figure should include an accurate torso and I didn't exactly perform very well during the first pass. Decided to include the legs as an extra before doing the legs practice in earnest. I studied Marco Sordi's torsos. While I'm not at his level I feel like I've learnt a bunch. No.4 gave me some serious trouble and I just did it without timer. Feedback is appreciated. On a side note, I don't want to be blaming my tools but for some reason my strokes become very "grainy" while drawing what can I do to prevent this? I don't feel like I'm pushing too hard and it seems to also happen when drawing light. I'm using standard printer paper and a Caran D'ache Technalo 3B.

Here's my submission. I struggle with circular shapes in general, any tips are welcome. I found the neck ellipse to be a very helpful and ingenious landmark, sadly I didn't manage to make that much use of it, probably because I'm not yet used to it. I also put in an extra help line to show me where the circular shape is meant to intersect with the torso ellipse.

2024/9/8. Good morning everybody. Here’s my second and third part of the assignment for this section (2 mins and 1 min poses). Thanks.

2024/9/7. Good morning everybody. This is my 25 torsos. See you tomorrow for the second part of the assignment. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!

Lesson 4. The Torso. Plain Paper Sketchbook A4 Size, HB mechanical pencil.