bowser28

Wow, so much to think about here, thank you so much. I have read all of it and will likely refer back to this as I go through the rest of the lessons.

The degree shift thing in the simple sausages wasn't even in my brain, but I see now how important it is now. The gifs on the updated page are very helpful.

I was really looking forward to the texture analysis and dissections because it was so different to anything I've done before. As a result I put quite a lot of time and consideration into it and I immensely enjoyed it. For some reason I thought drawing the outlines and filling in was the thing we were trying to avoid, not sure where I'm getting confused there but relieved to hear that's the best way as it's what I wanted to be doing anyway. The time I struggle with it though is when you get to the lightest parts of the form, for this reason I found it much easier to start with the darker shadows, I use this to understand the outline and then work up towards the lighter implicit shadows, retaining only the most essential parts.

When I got to form intersections I went through a bit of painful confusion but I think I was starting to understand what's mentioned about the 2D intersection being a shape as you mention here, but some of the more complex ones still blow my mind a little bit.

The organic intersections felt like a nice relief, and it felt very do-able, but being the last exercise in the lesson, I might have rushed it a bit. I think I'm noticing the value of time spent on each activity, as well as the level of deliberateness. Indeed when I was drawing my first plant just now, my wife said the same thing. I'm avoiding saying it, but I am rushing, I absolutely need to slow down and treat each mark as important, because when I do, good things happen.

Thanks so much for this. I'm starting to wonder if you're psychic on how I was drawing my lines hahaha - because I definitely was slowing down at the end. I think you've stopped me building a bad habit there. Confidence first. Always. Got it.