Hi there I'll be handling your lesson 2 critique.

You're making good progress towards understanding the concepts introduced in this lesson, below I'll be listing some things that will hopefully help you in your future attempts at these exercises.

• Your arrows are off to a good start, they're flowing smoothly and confident which is great to see. There are a few mistakes here and there most of which you notice yourself it seems, I'm glad you're experimenting a lot. The only thing I really have to suggest for you here to experiment more with foreshortening, you're making use of it in the arrows themselves but don't utilize it much in the negatives pace between your arrow's curves. As you can see here by using it in both of these areas together we can create a stronger illusion of an arrow moving through 3D space.

• Your forms in the organic forms with contours get a bit complex here, most likely due to their length making them hard to maintain. Your forms do improve as you go through the lesson so I don't feel the need to stress this issue too much, just remember that we want our forms to have both ends bte the same size and to avoid any pinching, bloating, or stretching along their length as discussed here. Two things you can work on are making the end ellipse larger, (it should reinforce your contours but it's currently too small to do so) and working on shifting the degree of your contours more. The degree of a contour line basically represents the orientation of that cross-section in space, relative to the viewer, and as we slide along the sausage form, the cross section is either going to open up (allowing us to see more of it) or turn away from the viewer (allowing us to see less), as shown here.

• You're experimenting a lot with textures which is great, your results are a bit of a mix of results but the fact that you show you can focus on cast shadows at all is a good step forward. Some examples of your well done textures are your cauliflower and corn attempts, while your grass and tree trunk are on the weaker and and focused more on outlines than shadows. I'd also like to quickly direct you to this image which shows that when we're working with thin line like textures if we outline and fill the shadow we will create a much more dynamic texture than simply drawing lines.

• If you feel like you don't fully grasp form intersections just yet don't worry, you're on the right track but right now this exercise is just meant to get students to start thinking about how their forms relate to one another in 3D space, and how to define those relationships on the page. We'll be going over them more in the upcoming lessons. Your forms appear solid and like they belong in a cohesive space overall, good work.

• Your organic intersections are looking well done so far, your understanding of the 3D space you're building is clearly developing. One thing I'd like you to do in the future when trying this exercise again is to draw through all of your forms. By doing so we develop a better understanding of how these forms rest on one another and it helps keep them looking solid as well, much like the reasons we did in the previous exercises. Other than that my only suggestion is to just keep experimenting, try different lighting angles and intensities. This is a great exercise for building building up your comfort with organic forms as well as light and shadow before moving on to more complex pieces, so be sure to practice it in your warm ups.

Overall this was a a really solid submission, there were a few little things here and there you could work on but I have no doubt you'll address these in your warm ups as you build more mileage. I'll be marking your submission complete and moving you on to the next lesson.

Keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck in lesson 3!