12:15 PM, Wednesday October 20th 2021
Hello Boss, thanks for the feedback.
Yes, freehanding the ellipses definitely was added complexity, and I had to stave it off from interfering with the goals of the lesson.
I read about your rule of thumb of differentiating form shadows from cast shadows when looking through previous homework, and was following that rule as best I can. Figuring out whether to include the form shadows, or stick strictly with cast shadows, was something I deliberately thought about and acted on purposefully - so they were not confusions between the shadow types, they were deliberate decisions to draw in form shadows. I think I can see how some of them did not create the effect that I wanted. Shading is definitely an aspect of visual communication I'll continue to think about in my personal art too.
Thanks a bunch.