I will submit my stage one in the next week or so! Here is my stage 2... Thank you for the course, it has been fantastic! I am sure I will be revisiting this course frequently in the weeks, months and years to come! Thank you!

This is the most metal art class I have ever been apart of.

Should have sticked to the assignment, mostly drawn by fantasising, so no useful reference pictures. Nevertheless a fun excercise.

a Markhor and Chimpanzee mix. Pencil sketches. Trying to play with different head shapes!

I plan on attempting some figure rotations over the next week! Thanks!

Look out! Its a FARK!! That was a fun assignment! Thank you!

Here are a few of my better gesture drawings from the last few days. Thank you!

Clocked in at just over 30 min!

First few Anatomy Studies, will continue to work some more poses from imagination!

Mostly Gorilla skulls, a few Chimpanzee and Orangutan. Ball point pen and a few in fountain pen. Some gorilla skulls from imagination at the bottom. I'll work more on the skeleton and skulls from imagination this week!

Just finished up assignment 1 level 2.

Shading with mechanical pencils wasn't the most time efficient idea I ever had.

Hope I'm not jumping "ahead" too much! These models are fun to work from! Pencil rough then fountain pen. Should I just stick with ballpoint or fountain pen only?

The graphite degree system was invented by Franz Hardtmuth. When naming the grades, he chose H for Hardtmuth, F for Franz, and B for Budějovice, the city in which the pencil factory is located. So while the F pencil may seem like an outlier, its name isn't completely arbitrary.

These last two videos are the most comprehensive and informative videos on pencils, erasers and sketchbooks I have ever seen! Thank you! Also, great Kangaroo!

I did a few hand and foot studies and some figure invention on the right side there! Should I do more skeletal studies of the hands and feet? Thanks again!

Trying to keep the forms simplified and loose! Worked these in ball point pen. Thanks I hope this is a descent size slide to get the idea across, please let me know if I should post a large slide.

Here is my Goatrilla!

Hat guy (3-4 hours maybe?) and gal (1 hour or less) were done in Clip Studio Paint, First time using that program and I loved it! Spear guy (about 1- 2 hrs.) was done in Photoshop... I really got to start timing myself more... Looking forward to seeing what's next for us!