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Beginner Figure Drawing - Introduction to Light and Shadow

Hello once again!Looking good here, really good value studies overall. good, clear separation of light and shadow shapes. The figures look good too. 1 and 2 definitely are the best, I actually think 1 is a little cleaner. Where I think number 3 went a bit wrong is it looks like you were trying to shadow every little area. You want to be careful not to over render your shadowing, or to make your midtones too close to the shadow in its value. If you're adding a third mid-tone value, make sure it's distinct enough from the other two. Look to the biggest most obvious shadow shapes like you did in 1 and 2, but also don't get bogged down with every little shape fragment, but 1 and 2 are no doubt the best of this batch. Let me know if you have any questions!

Started off with basic forms and used the sanguine color for simple value scale, will upload the rest as I get them done :) 
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/e926f4b2.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/e926f4b2.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/e926f4b2.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Introduction to Light and Shadow - image 1 - student project"> 
Did some rendered figures, number 2 is my favorite and number 3 was really hard but I think it looks okay ;) 
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/82e271c3.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/82e271c3.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/c2c243d46f565c6474970357576fcc3b/82e271c3.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Introduction to Light and Shadow - image 2 - student project">

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