Remember to draw through the forms even if you can't see them. For instance the house plant that you drew.The branches should have different degrees. When you are facing it head on the ellipse will have little to no degree. Meanwhile when they are to the left and right the width should be greater. Placing a point next to the ellipses will help you reduce the visible ends of the marks when drawing branches.

Hello I’ll be handling the critique for your lesson 3 homework.

Arrows

-Starting with the organic arrows they are drawn with a good deal of confidence which really helps you to capture the fluidity with which they move through space, and you are really pushing yourself to explore 3D space. The only thing I want to call out is the hatching, try to give each additional line as much attention and focus as it requires, and use the ghosting method to think about each mark’s purpose and how you are going to achieve it best.

Leaves

-The leaves are also drawn with confidence. Just remember to draw the little arrowhead at the tip of each flow line, it is a minor detail but it really helps you to think about how these forms exist in 3D space. It is nice to see that you tried more complex leaf structures but you approached them incorrectly, keep in mind that the constructional method is all about breaking everything into simpler steps, so you should not try to capture the complexity of these leaves right away. Take a look at this section which explains how to correctly approach complex leaf structures, and also take a look at this informal demo.

• When adding the little bumps and cuts to the structure I think you let yourself go on autopilot so always try to take a close look at your reference and draw each bump and cut with a single purposeful trajectory. If you need a reminder read again this section of lesson 1.

Branches

• I think you are doing a good job when extending each segmento halfway to the next ellipse, even though there are some instances where you do not stick to this principle, so keep an eye for that when you attempt this exercise in the future.

• Do your best to use the previous segment as a runway, and have it overlapping a good bit with the next one, this way you will achieve a smoother transition as demonstrated here. Lastly I can see that you are clearly thinking about the degree shifts of each ellipse so good job there.

Plants

-You have stuck to the principles of the construction method for the most part, and your plants are turning nicely, but let’s go through some of the aspects that need improvement.

-On the potato plant and the house plant you jumped into the details without really thinking how you were going to approach them, I’m seeing a lot of single marks that try to capture the texture but this approach is not entirely in line with the principles highlighted in lesson 2. You should first try to outline the shadow shape and then fill it with ink rather than simply drawing lines, you can see this principle in action here.

-In the last pages of your homework(mushrooms and apples), I get the impression that your mark making looks much less planned and your constructions look more sketchy and open- ended, so make sure you are going through each step of the ghosting method and that you are thinking about the task of every single mark that you put down. I am also seeing a tendency to make a lot of drawings on a single page, make sure you are giving each one of them as much room as you can, this way it will be easier to ghost your marks and draw them confidently. Only when that drawing is finished we should assess if there is room for another, if there is not enough space then it is completely fine to have just one drawing on the page as long as it is occupying enough room.

-On the purple beautyberry make sure to cap off the branches, again this is a minor detail but it is really important as you want to avoid thinking that you are working with a set of lines, keep in mind that you are working with forms that have a volume and exist in 3D space.

-Lastly I want to talk about lineweight, do not make it too thick or you will take the solidity of your forms away, one thing that can help you is to use lineweight only on the very specific parts where overlap occurs, avoid applying line weight to marks that are especially long - instead, it's more effective when we minimise its use, concentrating it instead on doing a specific task. You can see it in action on this image.

Okay, there are definitely some things you need to keep working on, but you can keep working on them as you move to the next lesson, I’ll go ahead and mark this as complete.