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5:57 PM, Tuesday February 11th 2020
edited at 7:51 PM, Feb 11th 2020

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.

edited at 7:51 PM, Feb 11th 2020
4:16 PM, Wednesday February 12th 2020

I'm glad my feedback was helpful! I do have one quick little correction to make on your response though - it's generally fine to use your wrist for texture, because texture generally requires really tight, stiff accuracy over flow. It's just that the vast majority of lines we draw are not texture or detail, and most lines do really demand a sense of flow and fluidity - even the shorter ones.

10:38 PM, Wednesday February 12th 2020

Okay got it.

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