This class seems to be an unremarkable prologue, but it has solved my confusion about the degree of perspective learning for many years: how to reasonably allocate energy and time to various knowledge points in drawing and design. I always thought that I should study perspective meticulously and improve it. But in fact, I always don't arrange time for this idea. Now I understand - I don't need such an accurate perspective that I barely use. I also don't have so much time and energy to improve every point. What I need to focus on is other aspects. Thank you, Stan. You are always so wise and sharp.

It's been a long time since I came back to post my homework. Seeing my classmates' homework still fills me with surprise. I used Photoshop more before. It's not easy to make clean shading by graphite for me.

Oh, by the way, why does Stan's black-and-white photo have a kind of Marilyn Monroe's beauty? It's so stunning that I can't look straight at it. 😜

“Think of lines as the framework of a building, and values as the walls that fill in the spaces, making it solid. Values create the illusion of form, depth, and volume and are essential for realistic drawings. Texture and color are like decorations and furniture.”——Oh I really love the metaphors used here. They are vivid and accurate!

Disclaimer: did them while watching Proko's critique video and they took longer than 5 min. But still wanted to share them in the hopes of getting feedback. Cheers :)

I also took Figure Drawing Fundamentals course and halfway there on and off. I haven't practiced gestures in a while and I'm rusty... I did these assignments slowly and got bogged down in details. I thought about it a lot, and guessed it's because without adding some details, I felt hard to make my sketches looked 3D and solid.

If there are more detailed courses on improving shape design and composition, I will definitely sign up.

Before I watched this demo video, I really didn't know how to draw some seal lions' photos. They are cute but lack of details. So I picked some a little more complex ones to draw, thinking they are easier to handle. Now I have more ideas. Thank you! These two photos below are the most simplified and hard to draw I ever thought.

8 from ref and 4 without ref. great exercise. I hope I can translate that to anatomy-studies.