So post-demo, I tried to do a separate contouring exercise with my own photo. This took me way longer than expected. Mostly because it turns out I don't understand horses at ALL. And this time I tried to adhere much more closely to CSI rules and aim for simplification. It's so difficult to not be distracted by details. Before this course, I always thought the goal was to try to depict absolutely everything you'd see, not to simplify forms. It makes a world of difference, though, to try to keep reminding myself of this now.

Snail and Boots. Spent much more time on the boots, clearly. I slightly adjusted the snail post-demo, but didn't do too much on it. The boots I did not change post-demo. And it shows: the laces don't really make sense, for example. And I think I didn't get the point of the exercise properly. But now I do.

Hi there! Here's my guy. I had limited time and am posting it now after a few hours, which, as Stan mentioned, does help to better see errors. Here are some I can see now: Proportions: - forehead and top of head not tall enough - cross-eyed - ear too big maybe - lips too large, undefined - neck too long - overly arched eyebrow Values: - lightest dark and darkest light a little too close together - smudging from my hand resting on the paper confuses the values on the right side of the page - contours too heavy, esp on ear and on the model's left cheekbone (our right side) - confused values around the lips Any and all feedback most welcome from anyone in the community! Many thanks in advance.