Escher... I just found a photo of a (once) close friend of mine (we studied together psychology, comparative religion, education at a university) He had already finished the art academy and as an artist he was always fascinated with Escher's work. Here he's holding his sculpture 'Upside Down', 1985. And look, what else he made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYeU-cdawZA His name is Matthieu Hamaekers. So proud of him.

Hi Marshall 😃 All I want is to be able to express my ideas in a way that I can be content with. (Can one ever enough ..) When a story comes to me I want to be able to illustrate it. When I see people in the street I want to take a picture in my mind and draw them later in a way that one can see how they feel, what history they carry with them and to draw the surroundings that fit the atmosphere.  What more can I say. I don’t think in words, I’m (once was) a dancer, choreographer (among other things). Music gives everything. Maybe I want to make theatre, poetry on paper, I don’t know exactly. I have so many interests. But what I do know is that I need to learn more about perspective and much more will become possible. Yin Yang balance.  Like dreaming away on the piano with Debussy and practice discipline with Bach. I’m looking forward! Love your teachings.

Looking forward to starting! I began my art journey when I retired. I've found the Proko courses and YT freebies to be so helpful. My intent is toward fine art and illustration although I have a long journey ahead of me. I see others, too, are influenced by Jean Girard (Moebius), M.C. Escher, Thomas Schaller. I'm adding: 1 Frank Frazetta; 2 Jeremy Mann; 3 L.S. Lowry; 4 Maxfield Parrish; and 5 Roger Dean.

Torso/pelvis boxes combined with some timed sessions. Those are great for practice; so many good models there.

I thought of coming back to this lesson... The picture by Kim Jung Gi appeals to me a lot, so I tried to use his linear style. However, over time I drifted a bit away from the initial goal and started adding color.

Recent exercises. In the first two I made a quick sketch first, then lay tracing paper over it to help me for the final box drawing of the reference.

Monstertruck wheels…. I did not see how to approach the construction of those fat wheel ellipses. There is something I still don’t see and I don’t know what - but I think I solved a little bit of the puzzle.

Just some practice.

I like your line quality and that you’re using the side of the pencil. Great job simplifying those pesky feet too. I think that including some cross contour lines might help you think in terms of the form instead of the contour. Think about the roundness of the form, and if it’s coming towards you or going away, and then show it with the cross contour.