Hello, Here’s my light probes assignment. Pics 1 and 3 done on Procreate and 2 on Photoshop. @Dorian Iten, it was lots of fun and a nice opportunity to try out digitally on both - thanks. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Romain

Here's my shading creatures assignment. I was so much into it that I combined steps 3 and 4 in...step 3.

Hi @Patrick Jones, I am in the middle of studying shading, but I am still following your course and more particularly the video 'A world of enchantment', and I did the attached drawings - the vast majority of them from reference photos. I am struggling with drawing features of the face on a full figure, especially from difficult angles and when the head is fairly small. Has it ever been a struggle to you? How did you go about drawing them better? Thanking you in anticipation, Best, Romain

Hey there ! First off, this assignment really piqued my curiosity and the more I was going along with it the more interesting it got. I am happy with the final result. The first pic is my reference which I started to ignore when it came to drawing the cast shadow - too much reflected light. This first drawing was made with 2H, HB and 2B graphite pencils. The values at the bottom are the ones I used for step 3 (value plan). Near the end, I darkened the background on the lighter side of the egg to make it pop out more. I had a second crack at it with H, HB and 2B pierre noire pencils (last three pics) following the same process and ignoring the reflected light on the cast shadow from my reference. Charcoal is quite unforgiving if you go too dark too soon so it was like walking on...eggs. Thanks @Dorian Iten for this assignment. Any critique/feedback would be much appreciated and I look forward to what lies ahead in this course. Romain

Here's my shadow and halftone identification exercise. I forgot to limit myself to 5 each...

Here’s my 5-tone value study. Took a tad longer than anticipated 😅!

Here’s my value scale done with 2B/2H graphite pencils.

Here’s my gradient done with 2B / 2H graphite pencils.

My complex AO study - was loads more fun than anticipated :))!

Hi @Dorian Iten! Here's my simple AO study :). T'was good fun! Happy new year! Cheers, Romain

It was really good fun! Here are my attempts :).

Super interesting! Thanks for this assignment :).

Hello there! Here's my drawing which I very much enjoyed doing :). The rendering is not as good as I would like it to be, but for me the focus was on gesture and form, especially the torso and the pelvis area. @Patrick Jones, do you always draw on newsprint paper? I draw on standard printing paper, and I find the rendering not as smooth as in your drawing. I used Conté Pierre noire pencil. Cheers, Romain

Still exploring (and having a lot of fun!) , focusing on gesture and keeping my hand going. I can see myself gaining more confidence with my initial lines and being more accurate. I'm also pushing my drawings a bit further than @Patrick Jones to add structure having focused on the upper-body and the upper-back muscles with Stan prior to this course.

Following along in this first video. It usually takes me more time to understand/construct a full figure, but here I feel I’m going faster and I’m quite happy with that. Can’t wait to move forward in this course. Thanks @Patrick Jones 😊!

Hi @Patrick Jones 😀! I hope this finds you well. I have just started watching the first workshop in this course - I can’t wait to get cracking! I was simply wondering whether the reference images you use are available for download. No worries if they aren’t. Thank you! Romain ps: may I send you a private message via Instagram with regards to your Anatomy of Style online workshop?

Hello! Been a while since I last posted. Here are my drawings for the upper-back assignments. I feel more comfortable drawing the back. Critiques are very welcome :)! Cheers, Romain

Hi! I have just finished my Yoni drawing. This was my second attempt. The first time around I was simply unable to apply Stan's measuring technique(s) and I gave up simply thinking I was not yet ready or lacking drawing practice (gesture, anatomy etc). I then started the anatomy course and more particularly the Torso section, which I have not finished yet. After completing the drawing and shading of the torso I thought I'd go back to the Figure Drawing course and have another shot at completing the final drawing so here you go! Any critique will be very welcome. @Stan Prokopenko @Jesper Axelsson. Cheers, Romain

Hello :)! I have just finished drawing and shading the torso :)). I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process - thank you @Stan Prokopenko! I have attached my prep work - measurements, values and a thumbnail. I did it using a B charcoal pencil as I did not have an HB one. I find shading quite complex and challenging and still have plenty to learn. I would be most grateful if I could get some feedback @Jesper Axelsson. Onto the back muscles now :)! Happy Easter, Romain