Hey! These sketches look great, I especially like sketch #2 and #5! In first sketch, the arms look a bit too relaxed compared to the reference. I would keep the curve of the back of the arm but show tension through the forearm. Also adding the point of the elbow to show the perspective of the arm could help as well. I hope this is helpful and keep it up! :)

Hey! I found getting the proportions right tricky too, but i think did a good job with the proportions for this exercise! I think practising both ways would be beneficial but drawing the limbs with the rest of the body would be more so because the rhythms of the arms and legs move into the torso for example the connection between the pecs with the deltoids. For the limbs, I think you have done a good job for sketch #3. For sketch #4 I think you could add tapered strokes to the forearms as the lines are quite parallel instead of getting thinner towards the wrist. Also, for that pose, in the reference she has most of her weight bearing down on her left leg, your sketch shows her torso to be moving in the opposite direction, making it look like she hasn’t got that weight traveling down that leg. I think using center lines and a line for the angle of the shoulders can help when drawing the torso to support the pose. I hope this is helpful! :)

I limited myself to 3 minutes for these sketches.

Hey @VAGABOND The fifth seal and the last ones are my favourite! The last seal in particular has good flow, I think you have improved. I think the waving flipper of the seal (on the second page) could have a simple curved line on one side contrasted with some straights that show the more complex bending form. Keep it up! :)

Hey @VAGABOND  I like your seals faces and the seals on the second page look even more 3 dimensional than the first page! I think adding some overlapping features such as fat folds can help to show more depth and compression in areas that are being squashed. The second seal on the first page could have a flatter belly as it is resting on the rocks (but still showing the weight bulging out from the neck with a curved line) this would contrast against the curves on the top of the seals back and tail. I think the seal on the second page (top right) could have the flipper lowered so it is more diagonal to the bending of the neck on the other side. I know this is stretching the reference a bit, but I think this could make the sketch more dynamic instead of these two points sticking out symmetrically. I hope these points are helpful! 😊

I really like the seal sketch at the top right corner! (on the first page) I also like a lot of your sketches on the last page, I think you have done well overlapping and showing the weight of the seals! I think the seal in the middle of the second page (#22) could have a simpler chest but still showing the outward direction at its peak and then the swooping down to its belly. This can give contrast against the bend in the seals back and could help to support the gesture of the tail which I think has been done really well. 

Hey! These sketches look great, I found this exercise more difficult than I expected too! I like the seals faces! (Especially in the first and eighth) For the 1st drawing, I think you could try to use one curved line to capture the gesture of the belly, and then lighten the line that goes through the flipper with a kneadable eraser. This might be a bit challenging though if the line is too dark, but I think it could have a better flow than two curved lines. For the 7th drawing, I like how you have pushed the seals flipper to go more towards the body to help with the flow of the drawing. I think the seal could have straighter lines for the top of the seals back to contrast against the curve of its belly. I hope this is helpful! :)

another seal I forgot to add!

My level two assignment:

Hey! @julien Gaumet You’ve done really well when approaching a portrait with added difficulty! (The tilt of the head making the eyes appear closer to the nose as well as drawing curly hair.) For the curly hair, I think it’s great that you have simplified it to one shape around the head. I think you could break the outline a bit by adding one or two curls on the left-hand side to make it more interesting and to show that the hair is curly. I feel that the shading is definitely difficult but sectioning the hair into slightly smaller shapes that show the form of the curls before adding the darker values would help. Overall, I think this is a great portrait, keep it up! 😊

Hey @VAGABOND You’ve done a great job with the angle of the eyes! I think for the first portrait the mouth could be moved to the right more. By using plumb lines, the corner of the mouth should be below the eye. I also think the straight line for the jaw could be broken down into two lines. For the second portrait, I notice that the head is tilted very slightly upwards in the reference, compared to your sketch. This project is definitely a challenging one! Great work and keep it up! :)

Hey! @J B You’ve done really well and it’s good you spent a lot of time on this! I think the bridge of the nose could be pushed out more as it looks like there is a bit more space around the left eye than shown in the reference. I hope this is helpful😊

Hey! @julien Gaumet Your sketch looks great, the proportions are very close to the reference and I think you’ve captured his likeness! Can’t wait to see more 😊

Hey @VAGABOND  I think this is a great start, changing the angle of the eyes will make a big improvement to your drawing. The angle of the eyes, nose and lips should all be parallel to each other and I also think the lips could be a little higher up the face. 😊 I hope this is helpful. 

Hi! @tayc18 I think you have done a great job separating the different values! For the shading I think you could fill in with more lines that are closer together, so that you don’t have many gaps in the shading. The outline around the pear could be lighter in value for the light side of the pear and you could make the line darker at the base of the pear where there is less light.   The terminator shadow at the bottom of the pear could be curved using multiple straight lines as if it were being wrapped around the form of the pear to make it look more three dimensional. I hope this was helpful 😊

I like the one on the bottom left! the shape design on these look good, and you’ve managed to simplify the rooster’s comb very well 😊 I think for the top right rooster, you could add a darker outline for its round body to make the sketch look more complete.

Your elephant sketches are my favourite ones! the line quality looks neat and i like how you used the shapes, they each look like they have different personalities!

Hey @VAGABOND I like the contrast of the C curves and the straight lines in your chicken sketch! The pugs right ear looks symmetrical. You could use a straight line on one side of the ear and curves on the opposites to give it some contrast, similar to what you have achieved in your chicken sketch. I also think the deer’s head could be broken down into a square and a cylinder for the nose to give it more structure. I hope this is helpful! 😊

These look great! I especially like your sketches of the gorilla and the hippo as you have really captured the form with your shape design :)