[Caleb Campbell]

I’m not all too familiar with this site as I am pretty new to taking lessons, but it seems like you’re running through the courses a bit fast? If you’re brushing up on courses you’re already very well versed in than that makes more sense but if you are really trying to learn something new or use these courses to get better (I assume that’s what they’re for), I’d say maybe digest them a little slower and don’t speed run them. But the drawings are great and you look like you’re killing it! And good on you for drawing for 6 hours in one day. I wish I was able to do that

[Caleb Campbell]

The rendering looks great but the structure is off. The subject’s eyes do not match. Their left eye and eyebrow is too far away from the nose and too low. Tilt the drawing and look at the face head on. Covering the subject’s left side reveals that their right side is quite good! But there are a lot of problems on their left side. If you nailed the proportions this drawing would be absolutely incredible IMO. I don’t have any long term advice about how to practice or anything, just pointing out what makes this particular drawings not work. Perhaps loomis head studies will help you nail the placement of features on heads that vary in shape and position.

Left edge of the neck is bent back too much as well, and the shoulder and traps look too large compared to the neck and head

I look forward to seeing you post some more, because wow that is some great rendering and confident strokes on the face. All you need is a liquify brush to fix this haha

• This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Caleb Campbell.

[Caleb Campbell]

Great job, I love the distinct brush strokes and not going crazy with blending everything into a blob.

The perspective looks a bit off. The top rim of the pitcher suggests it is below eye level quite a bit, yet the curve of the thinnest part of the pitcher is almost flat, suggesting it is near eye level. It should be even more curved than rim since it is lower.

I will assume the rim is the correct curve and adjust everything else relative to that: the “waist” of the jar should be curved even more than the rim (imagining the rim as an ellipse) since it’s even lower, and the base even more than the waist.  You can imagine a cylinder below you. The ellipse of the top can be drawn all the way down to the base, but it will not be exactly the same, it will get more and more circular/curved the farther down it is (thinner left-right, thicker up-down). Now just pinch and stretch that cylinder into the shape of your pitcher and that is how the sketch should look. The sizes of the ellipses will be different but the flatness or circularness will mirror that of the plain cylinder in its place. Those ellipses follow the contours of each line around the shape: The rim, the waist, and the base. You’ll of course have to alter the rim to fit the true shape made for pouring, but starting with an ellipse will help greatly.

I think fixing the perspective will greatly improve this artwork! I quite like your brushstrokes and use of color, not qualified to critique you there

• This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Caleb Campbell.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Caleb Campbell.

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