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Loulou, I was actually asking pdlw to show us their work from 2 months ago.

You can just post a link to the image of your drawing like you did in your first post. :)

Hi Jeremy,

Your first link goes to a Youtube news report rather than your drawings!

When you say "I feel its time to push my skills a little further," do you have a particular direction in mind? :)

Your thoughts on what gesture drawing is for are very much in line with ours, Swen. Love to see that.

I'm so glad you're enjoying the new tools!

I've had several beloved drawing teachers through my life who would repeat mantras like "She who erases most wins"

Which is to say: learning to see, acknowledge, and then go through the process of figuring out how to fix your mistakes is a major skill, and heavily engages your brain in creating new connections and revising old bad ones. If you can stand it, do it! :)

Would you be willing to show us one of your earliest gesture drawings?

That sounds like a good project. Keep in mind this may be a challenge you need to work on for some weeks or months or years -- you are correct in the difficulties you've identified to mastering it, and try to continue being patient with your learning process. :) (Foreshortening STILL throws me for a loop)

Congratulations on your three months of improvement, and good on you for recognizing a plateau and seeking out new things to try.

I wonder if you would find Swen's recent posts about "rhythm" an interesting next challenge for your gesture drawing? They're in this thread: https://line-of-action.com/forums/topic/first-critique-request/#post-8886

This was and is always a weakness of mine as well, so my help will be limited. But if you know it's a weakness, practice it hard. Take a sheet and drape it over a chair and draw it. Tack it to the wall at different points so you get different drapes and draw it. This was helpful to me when I could actually convince myself to do it. ;)

Knowing some of the different types of folds helps my brain to get a grip on what I'm seeing. Here's an article I found that talks about some of the main types: http://blog.digitaltutors.com/the-6-fold-types-every-illustrator-should-know-for-drawing-clothing/

I hope someone who has this more figured out will come along to give us more tips!

I think this is your best practice page yet. Keep it up! :)

Having a lot of fun watching your progress! :)

Swen, could you say a little more about how you're using the word "rhythm" here?

A great start! You are boldly taking on a whole lot of different practices right now. I hope you aren't going to overwhelm yourself!

As for critique -- I'm not sure, but I think you're putting the eye crossbar a little too high on the faces. I think you're being fooled by the start of the hairline and not counting that area as part of the "face", when in fact the hairy part of the skull needs to have room allowed for it on the oval you've drawn too.

Swen, your image appears to not work. Can you repost? I'm really curious what you did. :)