Lesson 5: Applying Construction to Animals
4:12 PM, Wednesday December 2nd 2020
References - https://imgur.com/a/WlpmmII
I re-submitted my revisions as a new lesson 5 submission, as you asked here https://drawabox.com/community/submission/XNYEX7QD
I spaced out the drawings over a longer period this time around. I feel that I may have made my forms more complex than they need to be for the Kangaroo, Elephant, and Rhino and this was a point in your last critique. I only came to this conclusion after taking a second look at all my drawings while also reading through your previous critique to see if I adhered to your points. I do have multiple questions, but I'll only ask the most vital one and that is about line weight.
I feel this is most noticeable when I attempt drawing the heads, but I can't seem to be able to easily change the line weight when I draw slower. I tried drawing some lines on some scrap paper to see if I could change the line weight, but regardless of the the pressure I put down, the line weight seems the same. There is a certain point I do not go over, because I feel that would damage the pen. I've damaged one of these staedler pens earlier in the year so I think I have a feeling of how much pressure is too much but I don't know if I have damaged my pens already or I am just doing it wrong. The only way I have found to get a different line weight is the speed at which I make a stroke. I have 4 pens, 2 I got earlier in the year, damaged them, recognized I damaged them, and another set that I use as my main pains that I have been much more careful with.
A elementary question, but it is something I noticed and would like to bring up.
My other questions consist of simple things like how to draw forms like paws better but I am sure I can work that out over time so I won't waste your time with them.
And as a follow up to your previous critique as well, I have been following the 50/50 rule much more as of late. (After you pointed it out)
For a while I had trouble following the 50/50 rule but as of late I feel like I have gotten more and more into the habit of it.
Here is a post I made in september about the 50/50 rule actually. - https://drawabox.com/community/submission/AFQKUAY3
Sorry to keep hitting you with these walls of texts. If they are more a nuisance than helpful, just let me know and I'll scale it back a little.