gave it a couple tries then came up with one or my own. Ben letting my lead dull out. I can do about half of what Marshall is using before hitting the lead sharpener. I will eventually make it work.

This is tricky

For the most lines, I did use the grid. But for one I invented my one invisible grid, to move the knife in the desired position. .

My attempt to find the flow and stick to basic shapes.

Here’s another one. I tried to be mindful of how the viewer’s eye moves through the form but I’m not sure whether it actually makes sense or I’ve just been staring at it for too long, LOL! I’m still having a hard time designing the shapes in a way that’s different from what I’m seeing in the reference.

This time I started with a more fluid gesture, refined the structure, then tried to exaggerate or alter certain lines to make them more interesting. I’m not sure how successful I was, but I think I’m starting to understand this exercise a little better.

Had a hard time wrapping my brain around this. Getting close.

i did the lvl 1 be cause i dont have enough knowledge to remember a seal/sea lion from imagination, but decided to take de references and try out diferent poses

The first two are invented and the last 3 are from the images