I'm kind of in the same boat. I'm working on the Drawing Basics course here as a main priority, but have dabbled with a few other smaller courses at Proko when I didn't have any other assignments for the fundamentals course. Recently I started working through the self-study syllabus created by Kristian Nee, which has a thorough (multi-year!) course plan for self study. So far I've found it really helpful! I've attached the full syllabus (it's a super long image file) in case you want to use it also. (Credit: Kristian Nee)

In terms of background on this, I'm working through the drawing fundamental course here on Proko, but also going through Kristian Nee's self-study syllabus for drawing, which begins with figure drawing. I've been working on breaking down figures into forms and trying to get proportions correct (it's a big weakness for me at the moment). I also really enjoy pen and ink drawings, so I was working on hatching with pen afterward since this was just a spur-of-the-moment practice drawing anyway.

This is a really helpful approach, thanks Stan!

Good work here! I like how you clearly put thought into designing your shadow shapes and have your hatching follow the contour of the form. I would focus on making sure your figures are balanced. Pay attention to where the center of gravity is with relation to the feet, right now it looks like your subject might fall backwards. Here is a video on balance that I found helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLBhO-4YEww&t=0s I also think you can work on the neck and shoulders. Notice how the neck curves up into the head. I'd also pay attention to the foreshortening on the arm on the left, right now it just looks a little long. Overall, good work! keep it up :)

Here's the original reference photo I used. Original source was: https://gobreck.com/trip-ideas/other-outdoor/golf-in-breckenridge

Woo hoo! I got chosen for a critique! :-D My first one! You're right about the ellipses. I didn't fully understand the skew of the ellipses until after I had submitted the assignment, so that's on me. I'll improve them in the future assignments. Thanks Stan!

Dad, I'm still not clear on the ellipse's axis. I'm assuming we can't just make one up or guess it huh?

For those confused about the whole ellipse axes being off from proper center, etc, like I was, this graphic helped me a ton (original source: https://youtu.be/HohAkp5xKC4?si=oPLUl6dsSf9qYlsu&t=27)

Here’s my first attempt at this assignment, it’s a Trabant. Because the lighting is not great in the photo of my physical pencil drawing, I decided to retrace it in Procreate as well. Hopefully it makes my intended lines a bit clearer. (Still working on my manual line quality :-/ )