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[tomestubbs]

The drawing style lacks flow, rather choppy and indecisive. This of course might be the so-called style of the artist.

[ChadSmith1452]

@tomestubbs Lacks flow? Nonsense. 

[tomestubbs]

@ChadSmith1452 OK! So it has short flows between extremely nervous indecisive choppiness!. The eyes of the woman remind me of the cartoon character Dondi. Learning how to model form with hatching and cross-hatching might help with tonal aspects of drawing. The way the figure fills the space is well thought out though, that's an important task for my students. Pretty good actually. Watch out for the tangent of the arm against the hip and thigh, make it overlap would be another suggestion.

[ChadSmith1452]

@tomestubbs If I thought this were a straightforward attempt at academic realism, I'd be inclined to agree. However it seems obvious enough that this is not the case, that that the distortions, far from being indecisive, are calculated (intelligently) for aesthetic and psychological effect; and if I were to level any severe criticism at this drawing, it would be that it owes a rather heavy debt to Daumier.

[tomestubbs]

@ChadSmith1452 Daumier had more curvilinear flow and broader marks. Everyone owes Daumier for his intuitive sense of line and the weight of arabesque lines. A master at Pentimente Daumier's mistakes were done with certainty not indecisiveness--his scribbles were beautiful and full of meaning. I always pit Daumier against the more studied characteristics of his contemporaries like Jean August Domionique Ingres.

[icedoria]

i had a lot of trouble drawing this pose... ty

[ChadSmith1452]

Quite good. Reminds me of Daumier.

[onidead]

drawing has nothing to do with having the tv off, it's all about keep practicing something you like and enjoy.

you did great there, love the proportion, great basic shadows and keep on drawing.

[ripleyLV426]

not bad. relax , loosen up and turn the TV off.