Hello, Proko community. I am looking for some helpful critique of this drawing I have done of my friend. Have I captured the pose properly? Is anything off structure or proportion wise? Have I placed any feature incorrectly? I personally think the arm on which the cheek is resting is too tucked in towards the chest. I had trouble placing the head in relation to that hand. I can see that the shoulder is bent forward (?) And both the shoulders form a slanting angle but am still having trouble capturing it. Also, when I do full figure drawings like this one, should I follow the gesture, structure and mannequin steps? Would they help me be more accurate? Also, i would be extremely grateful if someone could help me with process of colouring a line drawing. Like i have a general idea, you fill it with a base colour, then add the shadows and highlights for a very simple render. But I am still missing something. I have done coloured drawings, example attached below, but even then it is obvious that I only managed to make it look pretty without having any idea of why I am putting a colour where I am. After a point I get lost in the smaller details and trying to make a colour look just right. I am new to colours in general and haven't played around with them as much. In all coloured drawings I've done previously, I am trying to achieve a realistic finish. I think that is part of what holds me back because i try to copy the reference picture as closely as i can instead of knowing when to stop or what decisions to make differently. I think i am only now beginning to understand that I do not have to exactly copy what I am looking at and instead should focus on producing what I feel? Or like, should simplify what I am seeing, reduce the noise, pick what is important and choose carefully what to eliminate. I think i have trouble focusing on the bigger picture, the bigger shapes and hyperfocus on smaller details and making things look just right, right being exactly as what i am looking at. This is also why I can't paint the skin truthfully because 1. I do not have a fair grasp on why the colours look how they do in the reference picture and 2. well, it's 1, just that i do not understand a lottt many things yet, how to simplify things enough to not confuse my own self being one of them. I am not a complete noob either, I have the basic theoretical knowledge of colour and stuff but yeah, theory is useless if i do not know how to apply it and that's my problem. Could someone point me in the right direction and list out the things I should practise step by step to get a better hold of it all? I hope I could explain my shortcomings in a clear way and you guys can pick up where I am slacking and what might help. I would love a discussion on what helps and has helped you, thank you♥️