Saanza

Hi ExtraBadCat,

I agree with all that you said. I feel like a total fool for breaking some rules like those with the leaves. I remember reading everything but I still forgot anyways. I guess to fix the forgetting issue I must reread and rewatch the content often.

The scribbling part is supposed to be the shadow within the plant lol, didn't mean for it to be a texture. I tried to put shadow but I realize now it was to cover up poor construction. Since if it was constructed correctly in the first place no shading would be needed.

I should be using a warm up routine to strengthen my basics. I'll make sure to do so more consistently from now on. I did some earlier before but not enough variety.

I find drawing fine details with shoulder extremely difficult (details smaller than 1cm). I think I have been using wrist/elbow for fine details. I feel like I need to grind a tremendous amount to get good at doing fine details with shoulder.

I am using ghosting method but not enough, I was told that it's okay to have to ghost many times (10+) times if needed. I don't think I have been ghosting more than once or twice for most lines. I can definitely ghost more often at least until I can consistently be confident. Then I can dial it down and maybe even eventually eliminate it entirely if I have sufficient skill (such as when I have great confidence and great accuracy).

From what I can tell I am aiming for great confidence and great accuracy in the long run. The hierarchy from what I can tell is:

1. Great confidence and great accuracy

2. Great confidence and no accuracy

3. No confidence and great accuracy

4. No confidence and no accuracy

I think I was stuck between #4 and #3. I will never be able to surpass #3 if all I work on is accuracy. Confidence does not come out of only practicing accuracy. However if I prioritize confidence then eventually I can build accuracy and go from #2 to #1.

I'm actually doing remedial work on lessons 1 and 2 at the moment lol. Once I have satisfied the critics, I'll redo lesson 3 as you instructed. Then I'll come back and post it here.

Hi ExtraBadCat,

Thank you for your help.

Okay I don't mind redoing the whole lesson. I did it about 6 months ago so it's not really fresh in my mind so it should be quite beneficial doing it again. I'm just wondering if I redo it do I post a reply here or do I put a new submission?

Here is the work: https://imgur.com/a/Y3SU9SC.

I think I did better on the smoothness of the contour forms. Messed up one of the small directional contour ellipse though.

The form intersections though are still really wobbly but I did the lines once this time as you said (instead of repeating again and again until accurate) and literally every line I did missed the mark (for the form intersections). I keep over and under shooting lines from their intended locations. Also it seems like no matter what speed I try to draw it's still wobbly often.

I feel if I overshoot by a lot then I can increase the smoothness of the lines here. I think trying to keep it to match the destination point might be messing me up.

It's cool lol.

Hi Elodin,

I am a little confused with this part:

"Nevertheless, you aren't drawing the spine of the forms before drawing them" (on organic intersections)

I checked out https://drawabox.com/lesson/2/organicintersections again and I didn't find instruction on putting a spine through each sausage form or in the example homework (unless you are referring to the side contours as spines)?. However when I watched the video again (on organic intersection) he did add some spines to some of the sausages but not all of them. So I'm not sure if spines are needed and if they are how to choose which forms have them and which don't.

Everything else I pretty much agree with and I'll work on your suggested exercises then come back.