Doodles and Finished Pieces

[PrettyNier]

but it looks to me like you're idealising the figure somewhat.

where does it seem like that? the breasts are relatively accurate; they were fairly modest in size and also very free (she had apparently had a breast reduction earlier in her life as well). If anything, she's a little thinner than how I drew her, with somewhat longer legs. and a smaller head. i kinda goofed the proportions a bit.

Try to break the figure into large, solid shapes of tone, rather than thinking too much about the contour

I think I did that in a few of the other ones, but in this particular one the teacher asked us to think about the contour of the body. I don't have access to the rest of them right now, but I'll upload some of them when I do~

Also, don't be afraid to let the paper show through! Working on tinted paper means you basically already have a midtone; use that as your base, blocking the core shadow in with charcoal and only adding subtle highlights with the chalk.

wow, oops X: