I understand what you are saying.
Just one thing, I actually use the ghosting method on every line I make.
But, is there something specifically wrong with contour lines?
(Aside from maybe having put too many, of course)
I guess I still don't really understand that part
What I meant is that you should not forget the planning phase, most students will only focus on the preparation and execution.
I don't know if I mentioned this in the critique, contour lines are a useful tool to describe how a form sits in 3D space, but they can easily work against us by flattening our drawings and undermining the illusion of solidity that we are looking for. Each one of the exercises in this lesson is only meant to get you to start thinking about how each object that we draw exists in a 3D world, you will start to get better at them with more mileage, and you will become conscious of those things that contradict this illusion and which right now you may not be completely aware of. After writing a bunch of critiques I can tell you that the contour lines is one of the more complicated exercises.
Don't worry, right now we are just planting the seeds, as you move through the lessons your spatial reasoning will improve and you will see things more clearly.
I understand what you are saying.
Maybe I did neglect the planning part a little bit.
I will also try to be more aware of the 3D space while I work!
This is another one of those things that aren't sold through Amazon, so I don't get a commission on it - but it's just too good to leave out. PureRef is a fantastic piece of software that is both Windows and Mac compatible. It's used for collecting reference and compiling them into a moodboard. You can move them around freely, have them automatically arranged, zoom in/out and even scale/flip/rotate images as you please. If needed, you can also add little text notes.
When starting on a project, I'll often open it up and start dragging reference images off the internet onto the board. When I'm done, I'll save out a '.pur' file, which embeds all the images. They can get pretty big, but are way more convenient than hauling around folders full of separate images.
Did I mention you can get it for free? The developer allows you to pay whatever amount you want for it. They recommend $5, but they'll allow you to take it for nothing. Really though, with software this versatile and polished, you really should throw them a few bucks if you pick it up. It's more than worth it.
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