5:00 PM, Thursday October 29th 2020
Alrighty, I did a number of redlines which you'll find here. The main issues are as follows:
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Observation observation observation. The deer showed clear signs that you were observing more carefully, whereas this dog (especially its head) shows that you were clearly lost doing your own thing. As pointed out in the horse, taking note of the "negative shapes" between the legs can help in deciding how you want to place them in your drawing.
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With the horse, you appear not to have noticed that it was walking away from the viewer, at an angle. You drew it walking across the field of view.
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In some cases - like the fox - you didn't use sausage forms.
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You pretty consistently drew your ribcages too small. I mention here that they take up 1/2 the length of the torso. It's half for the ribcage, then a quarter gap, then the last quarter is the pelvis.
While you tend to make steps forwards and backwards, it comes down to how much you're paying attention, especially to your reference, and the techniques/methodologies that we cover in the lesson. It's a lot to remember, but I'm seeing more and more as we move forwards that you are retaining increasing amounts, and as a result the overall trend is towards improvement. A lot of small steps back, mixed in with larger leaps forwards.
That's why we're seeing examples like the deer, which generally feels not only well put together, but also more realistic (due to the more extensive observation).
Now, I didn't cover all of the smaller notes I added in my redlines on top of your work, and it is admittedly a little scattered there. So I recommend that you take some time to go through them, and perhaps do so a few times - definitely more immediately before your next drawing session as well.
Moving forward, let's continue with another 5 drawings.
Next Steps:
Another 5 animal constructions.