Hello Perkfever, i’d be handling the critique for your lesson 3
Arrows
Your arrows are done quite well your linework is pretty confident, i just notice that you struggle to put them in perspective a little bit, you don’t push the foreshortening (making the farther end smaller, and the closer end larger) enough when needed
Your lines wobbles sometimes, remember to use the ghosting method, and to use your arm to draw each lines
Putting some line weight to the overlaps would have been a great touch, emphasizing how the arrows twist and turn and also giving more depth to your arrows. think about that next time!
Leaves
Good job on your leaves they are flowing pretty well but i think you could have drawn more of them. Concerning the little caterpillar on the bottom left leave you should never doodle on your exercises pages, it can be tempting to draw something fun when the exercise is so boring but by doing that you’re distracting yourself from the exercise, uncomfortable has talked about this in the 50% rule video
also it’s quite a shame that i can’t see your entire sheet of paper because i can’t tell if you’re drawing too small or too big, you should use the space of an A4 format paper for each exercises, i see that your paper has a little bit of grain, i wouldn’t recommend to waste sketchbooks or fancy paper on the exercises, you could perfectly use a stack of print paper you really don’t need more than that
Branches
There are leftovers from your previous segments, and sometimes your lines don’t touch each other so be more mindful when you trace your line, be sure to place your pen on the previous line and to use the ghosting method while drawing with your arm so that you can execute confident lines
I think you would also benefit from drawing your branches a little smaller
Plants
You are drawing pretty small, Drawing small makes things harder for us. it limits our ability to think through spatial problems.
There are places where your lines came out quite sloppy, try to commit to them more. Remember to be patient with ghosting. Also keep in mind to use your shoulder with a locked wrist to draw your lines.
Next Steps:
move on to lesson 4, if there's anything that is unclear in my critique or any question that you want to ask feel free to do so!
Thank you!
So, what I got is that overall is that I should:
Exaggerate more when I foreshorten long objects in perspective
Don't doodle
Pay more attention to where I begin my lines
Properly use the ghosting method while using the shoulder muscle and a locked wrist
And buy some printer paper
That and draw my branches smaller and my plants bigger. You're also right that I should work on my line weight a lot more. The paper actually has borders that are a4 size, if not close. But, I definitely see the problem with the paper that I'm using. It doesn't look good at all for the anyone reviewing my work. I'll be sure to be more mindful of the people looking at my work in the future.
Again, thanks a lot for reviewing this.
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