[Grace Mounce]

Thanks Koen!  I struggle with stroke direction myself, so I’m going to check out Bernard Julien 🙂

Keep up the good work!

[Grace Mounce]

Hi, Koen,

First of all, I admire your dedication to studying even with a job and kids!  I don’t have quite that much going on and I’m still struggling to keep up the studies!  🙂

Second of all, like Jac, I’m also not as far along on the course as you, but I do have some drawing experience–here’s hoping it’s helpful.

One of my favorite things about cross-hatching is how the lines can show the direction of the planes and plane changes.  I see you capturing this in parts of your drawings–for instance, in the first one of the ear cast, on the side of the cast’s flat base, you have the hatching lines following the perspective lines of the top and bottom of the plane to emphasize that this plane is receding into space.  In other parts of your drawing, I don’t see this as much–for instance, in the second drawing of the nose cast, same place on the side of the base, the lines are more vertical and don’t show the “receding-into-space” aspect as much.  Which doesn’t seem to hamper the sense of form here, especially since your more-vertical lines show the zigzag shape of the side.  But I think adding some hatch lines that follow the top and bottom edges of the plane (just like in the first drawing) would create more depth.  I also think some forward-slanting hatch lines on the bottom of that nose cast base would help to show how that plane recedes.

That being said, I love how careful you are with the lines and shapes–it does look like you’ve put a lot of effort into proportion, which I’m struggling with right now.

Keep up the work ethic!

Sincerely,

Grace Mounce

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