Assignment on Master's studies #2 For the second gesture study, I chose a drawing from Karl Gnass in his book "Spirit of the pose". This was really challenging for me due to the stretching and twisting of the nose itself. I aimed to find a balance in the proportions as close as I could, but the sketch was limited despite its view and the foreshortening. Lots of lessons learned from this study.

Assignment on Master's studies #1 I decided to use a drawing from the Bridgman's Complete Guidance to Drawing from life. The sketch has a lot of dynamism in it and I used Andrew's advice to push the gesture of the pose the most I can. I'm continuously aware of my own improvement and shortcomings and this exercise is by far a great teacher!

Hey Andrew, I made three gestures based on the poses you shared. They are presented here in the same order I made them. I hate to admit but it's taking me a bit longer than expected and it's due to my work , I have made peace with that. The amount of knowledge one can acquire from making these subtle gesture studies is enormous, I am sincerely enjoying these exercises and I see the value of keep on doing them. Moving onto the gestures from the masters! Thanks Andrew.

I have made two armature stands for a 12" armature wire. I love how simple and inexpensive they can be and yet it seems tedious to adjust if the time comes for that. Perhaps an addition for adjustable rods in different axis would be a great improvement for me. I'll figure something out. Thanks Andrew!

Good evening y'all, here's my assignments for the 12in armatures. I built three of those. one with the simplified stick head and the other two with the complete head shape. I used the 14" gauge galvanized wire and it was pretty hard to twist. I ended up using the pliers throughout the whole process, but what a great joy it was! Thanks Andrew!

Hi Andrew, glad to have found this course online! Here are the images for this assignment. Thank you in advance.

I typed the whole thing into a google doc for anyone who wants to use it^^ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n2_Z4EytN7oP_OPXLsGbURPv4ScV9S4eTLpeBGrdO0E/edit?usp=sharing

Last assignment #5. Critiques are welcome. I can definitely see the skills acquired by doing anatomical tracing. This exercise is not mere copying something mechanically, it's in fact a total awareness of where the muscle are identifying the boney landmarks. I'll continue to do this simple yet powerful exercise.

Fourth exercise of tracing. Critics are welcome.

Sending example 3 for critique, if possible. I'm having so much fun. I can't wait to learn the names of muscles and identify its positions and sources.

Constructive criticism, welcome!

Thinking that tracing teaches no skill is completely foolish. It's a great exercise. I'm sending this single one for critique and feedback knowing I have 4 more to do, keeps me excited about it. Learning to define the line in the image it's like creating 2D animation where I have to make sure the tracing is accurate and on point. Not an easy task. Thanks you!