Hi there I'll be handling your lesson 2 critique.

You're making progress towards understanding the concepts introduced in this lesson, below I'll be listing some things that will hopefully help you in your future attempts at these exercises.

• There's 2 main things I notice in your arrows exercise attempts that you can work on. The first is the width of your arrows doesn't change consistently, they often widen or narrow in a way that doesn't always make sense and it creates a stretching effect. You also don't apply much foreshortening, remember that by having the arrow as well as the space between curves of your arrow grow as it gets closer we can create a stronger illusion of an object moving through 3D space. For more on the importance of foreshortening check here.

• Your organic forms with contours are a bit of a mix of results. Some you did a good job at keeping them simple, some get a bit too complex, and some are a bit too short and nearly slip into a oval/egg category rather than the sausage form we're aiming for. Remember that our goal here is to create forms where both ends are the same size, and to try and avoid any pinching, bloating, or stretching along the form's length as shown here. When it comes to your lines/ellipses you're not always shifting the degree of your contours. The degree of a contour line basically represents the orientation of that cross-section in space, relative to the viewer, and as we slide along the sausage form, the cross section is either going to open up (allowing us to see more of it) or turn away from the viewer (allowing us to see less), as shown here.

• In the texture exercises you're focusing largely on outlines and negative space rather than cast shadows created by forms along the texture itself. This makes it difficult to create gradients with implied information which we could then use to create focal points in more complex pieces, by doing so we can prevent our viewers from being visually overwhelmed with too much detail. For more on the importance of focusing on cast shadows read here, I'd also like to quickly direct you to this image which shows that when we're working with thin line like textures if we outline and fill the shadow we will create a much more dynamic texture than simply drawing lines.

• If you feel like you don't fully grasp form intersections just yet don't worry, you're on the right track but right now this exercise is just meant to get students to start thinking about how their forms relate to one another in 3D space, and how to define those relationships on the page. We'll be going over them more in the upcoming lessons. Overall your forms here are looking pretty solid and like they belong in a single space which is a good sign that your sense of space is developing. There are a few ellipses you didn't draw through so just remember that you should always be doing so, it's free mileage.

• In the organic intersections exercise your forms are starting to wrap around one another nicely, with more mileage you'll get more consistent results. Your shadows don't always behave consistently and they sometimes hug the form creating them rather than being cast. I'd suggest pushing your light source to the top left or right corner of the page to start with as it's often easier than having the light directly above your form pile. This is a good exercise to practice in order to build up your sense of space when using organic forms as well as getting some experience with light and shadow before moving on to more complex pieces.

Overall this was a solid submission, you have some mistakes to iron out but I believe you can do so with more mileage. I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to the next lesson.

Keep practicing previous exercises as warm ups, give some extra attention to the texture exercises and good luck in lesson 3.