Just tossing in some practice. All poses were from imagination.

I did 3 attempts at the level 1. I used graphite pencils: B for the layout and 6B for shading. I do think because I was using paper primarily used for charcoal, that may have affected the shading because I feel I've done good as representing the darkest tones but as I try to get to lighter tones it gets tougher to differentiate between them. Especially on attempt 3 which I think is the best attempt but the reflected light and the halftone look too similar and I can't bring enough emphasis on the highlight. I do have other types of paper so I'll see what that produces.

Second try at this. Wanted to do both levels to get more practice.

Started learning here in the middle of last year but I allowed myself to get complacent. Finally attempting to get out of my comfort zone and take my skills higher.

Finally got to submitting this project.

I really liked this project. It allowed me to satisfy my itch to draw details. Let me know if the image can be seen.

Only did the lvl2. The issues I seem to have is perspective and proportions, I'll definitely be doing this project again.

Measurements are difficult for me to understand. I've been eyeballing life drawings for so long that actually making measurements using tools is a alien concept to me, but maybe that's a blessing disguised as a curse. A habit that I'm seeing is I tend to make proportions too wide, like the distance of the ear to the eye, and the wide width of the jaw.