Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

6:53 AM, Thursday December 12th 2024

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Hello! I just finished lesson two, im looking forward to next lessons about plants, insects and animals! looks fun! anyway, i would greatly appreciate if someone was kind enough to critique these for me. thank you.

have a nice day.

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3:16 AM, Monday December 16th 2024

I am currently going through lesson 2 and I'm on the texture study, one thing I I'm trying to be conscious of and would suggest to you is to take more time on the lines you're making. Uncomfortable warns about the mistake of scribbling I'm not saying your work looks anything like that image there, I am just seeing how you could slow down while hatching your shadows or filling in your low-light areas on your textured forms. Notice how the darkest scales on that lesson are have dark inky blacks with no white filling in.

Maybe try another texture you already did and slow down, you'll be able to compare your first attempt and the second attempt and notice where you improved!

Best of luck!

7:16 AM, Monday December 16th 2024

you are so right! i am way too impatient, tried to be slower in these lessons but still, anyway, thanks for pointing it out! i will work on improving it and try not to scribble mindlessly.

good luck on your art journey aswell!

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