This was a tricky one. I think it was good that the assignment photo was so different from the example so you couldn't really copy the approach. I could spend a lot longer working on this. definitely forces you to make choices.

This was way more difficult than I thought it would be!

This was extremely difficult. Really hard to manage such small value range. Here’s my assigment. Any feedback is more than welcome😅

Here is my attempt at this one. Tried to keep these values closer together on the lower end of the scale. It’s a constant battle to resist noodling on details. I can already tell that simplification and shape-welding are going to take a lot more practice.

This was a great exercise! I learned so many things from this class even in just a couple of lessons. I am looking forward to the rest!

it really forced me it something i wanted to explore. and from this i need to practice it more

My attempt for the assignment! I tried not to exceed an hour in this one as I did in the previous one and it helped not get into too much details!

This is a really cool assignment! Here’s my attempt. I tried to keep it simple and not spend too much time here.

I found it quite difficult. The photograph is super complex, and I didn’t work very efficient so it took me waaaayyyy longer. But it was a good challenge.

Here is my submission. I do not have tools to work digitally so this is hand drawn. I simplified the drawing a bit. Any critiques are most welcome!

Here’s my submission. I tried to form a triangle between the woman’s face and the child’s body, while keeping the lighting minimal, just enough to make the scene understandable.

Hello everyone, Here is my submission for this assignment. With the first picture, I tried my best to follow along with what I saw Sterling doing with his picture study. While with the second one, I did it remembering the previous steps without referencing the video. Throughout both images, I asked myself questions, trying my best to focus on shape and compressing values, consciously choosing what I wanted the focal point to be to create higher contrast and make everything else in the picture follow along, staying zoomed out throughout the process as to not get lost in details. It was very challenging, but I enjoyed finding new ways to answer my questions :)

I struggled with this one. But I think I learned a lot. The wooden beam in the foreground was the hardest part for some reason.

Heres my study, looking at other students i realised i should have brought in more dark tones, but ill keep at it.

Here is my study:

this is mine, hope i did it right :)