Finally found the time to get back to drawing the assignments.. Don't you just hate when life gets in the way of learning? Here're my ape skull studies.

First I tried to be loose using gestural lines. Then I studies the form and proprotion differnces between the three skulls. Then finally I drew some from imagination.

Skull Studies with an Orangutan & Gorilla one from imagination

Beginner getting started late on the course :) really felt the need to at least know what the heck is happening in pelvis and arm area before starting so Ill continue on skeleton and heads today. I really appreciate loose approach, spent so much time recently on being accurate and exact in beginners course that this feel really freeing. Seems like its really great way to learn about subject.

Today i was at a local museum to draw their orang utan skeleton. I have drawn in public before but im still not completly used to it. Im fine with strangers walking by and looking at my drawings but of course i want them like my drawings too. I especially felt that today because i tried to focus on learning instead of making a pretty copy. I really liked the overall experience though, to see an actual skeleton and to compare an orang utan skelton to the chimpmodel (they are very similar but still a little different). They also had some stuffed monkeys, i drew some on the third page.

Additional skull studies. The first from reference and the second from memory.

I tried to do the exercise from my imagination and found that I couldn't remember anything, so I studied the references a bit more and it was easier to do. I tried to go back and forth between imagination and reference. It helps me I think. The messy thing in the fourth image is that I'm trying to go more gestural... I don't know if I'm on the right track?

Here's some chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan skulls in different angles, along with doing more skeletons. I also tried to do the one while standing up, turned out to be a whole new challenge. For these attempts I try not to use too much erasing and see how it will look like after putting down the overall form and then the details. Feedback is very much appreciated.

Here’s some rough sketches.

Attached are some quick skeleton studies from imagination. Feedback is appreciated

Additional skull studies from reference

Here are some of my newer skullstudies. As suggested i tried to be more loose and to think a lot more about the volumes, and tried to chase the rabbit. The pages with a ref are with reference and the pages with an m are from memory. I think i will focus on the muscles now but im going to continue to study the skulls and skeleton whenever i find time. Any kind of feedback on what i would need focus on in future skullstudies or in general would be as always very much appreciated.

Attached are some skeletons and skulls I have recently been working on from reference. It’s not where I want it and I will keep working at it. I didn’t want to post it but it would be helpful to get some feedback

Hello again @David Colman, here’s my assignment on skulls and skeletons. When I drew the skulls I tried to identify unique traits between the three, so it would be easier to distinguish them when I draw them from memory. In my eyes the Orangutan and Chimpanzee were the most similar, with the Orangutan being a bit more round overall but flat around the eyes. Even though I thought I had a good grasp on them, drawing them from memory later proved to be a challenge! It was difficult to really push the unique details when my only source was a foggy memory. I also had in mind your last feedback, that I should try and draw some ape skeletons in various poses, so they’re included here as well. I limited myself to not spend too long on these and also allow myself to be more loose. Maybe a bit small and too messy? I tried to focus more on the overall pose and character, while also showing the skeletal base of them. As always, any feedback is very much appreciated. I’m really enjoying this so far!

Mostly Gorilla skulls, a few Chimpanzee and Orangutan. Ball point pen and a few in fountain pen. Some gorilla skulls from imagination at the bottom. I'll work more on the skeleton and skulls from imagination this week!

I did the skull study and tried to add the body gesture from my imagination. I need some practice to go further with the imaginaire part ! This is why I do your course, bien sur... :)

GREAT work everyone. And I like seeing each student help one another and respectfully too. Overall remember to see the skulls as spheres and boxes- staying loose and drawing thru the forms. Be less concerned with pretty drawings and steer clear of contour heavy drawing. Be okay with feeling uneasy- a SIGN OF GROWTH

GREAT work everyone. And I like seeing each student help one another and respectfully too. Overall remember to see the skulls as spheres and boxes- staying loose and drawing thru the forms. Be less concerned with pretty drawings and steer clear of contour heavy drawing. Be okay with feeling uneasy- a SIGN OF GROWTH

These are some of my skull studies. I got quite exited when i started to find some rhytms in the skull models and pictures, because ive always had trouble with that in the past. But there are probably many more that i missed. Sometimes when i was doing something else and had a paper nearby i would sketch some skulls from memory. On the last page (the ones in black ink) i drew the skulls in three angles each from memory only in my sketchbook, so these are showing my current knowlegde of the skull. I think i will continue with some more extreme angles of the skulls and some more skeletonposes, if not suggested otherwise.

Working on the ape skeletons