Here’s my first and second attempt at the snail, and also a bonus picture demonstrating some of the struggles I had with this drawing. 😜 The first drawing was way more complicated than it needed to be, and as a result, my line quality suffered and I totally missed the original point of the assignment. In my second attempt, I made an effort to not fuss too much with proportions and details. It made for a less accurate snail, of course, but the line quality is vastly improved. If nothing else, my cat seems to really like this second drawing. 😂

What a cool assignment! I've never tried to limit myself to CSI before and it really helped make the shapes. Snail had some really cool forms to problem solve. Had a great time when I came up with a solution to the shell. First attempt - Tried using the flat of my pencil to make different types of mark. Started going towards value instead of line. I like the marks so maybe I'll explore that more. Second attempt- There are some students who really understand form. After looking at their submissions I thought about how to show the structure better and I think I came up with solid solutions.

Wondering what others think.....the only issue I have with learning to draw on a tablet is the fact that you can erase your lines/or fade your lines with a touch of a button. If you draw with a pencil and paper...go too dark there is no way to hide that line. However, I think drawing on a tablet is very beneficial in our techno world and I plan on learning it as well.

I'm finding it really hard to simplify the head

I *definitely* need more practice. But I had a good time, so there’s that!

I hope it’s okay to put all of my attempts here (pre-demo, post-demo, and post-critique). I joined class just yesterday, so I had a lot of catching up to do. Admittedly, I should have paced myself better, but I wanted to catch up with current lessons so I could have a chance to be critiqued next time! I’m not really happy with any of these drawings personally, but that’s all part of the learning process, I suppose. Also, did anyone else get really tripped up trying to separate the color value of their object from the light value??? 😵‍💫 I was so thrown off by the yellow sections of the apple. I feel like I should’ve tackled something simpler and more uniform in color.

And here are my boots! Okay, so I had way more fun with these than with the snail. Like, SO much fun! So many whooshy shapes!!! And also, I learned from my frustrations with the snail to start bigger. I included my initial sketch to show what I mean. Admittedly this drawing is messy, and I overworked the laces on the left (our left) boot. But honestly, I had such a fun time finding all the little rhythms that it doesn’t bother me. That being said, I do see areas where my line work needs improving. I definitely got too dark too fast, and I can see hesitation in the line work of the smaller detail areas. What do you guys think?

Here is my attempt at the snail. I definitely have an issue with order of operations when it comes to drawing! I started with the tail and moved on to the shell and my brain immediately wanted to start doing the details and bumps of the shell’s contour. Of course, I realized too late after adding a bunch of detail that I’d lost the proportion of the shell completely. I ended up starting over and doing the construction lines from lesson one and establishing kind of an overall shape of the whole snail and then working inward. It was really hard to force my brain to work this way and I kept having to stop, pull back, and erase areas I’d over-detailed and got wrong. It was frustrating, but I hope my struggles don’t show through too much in the drawing itself. 😅