Thank you. I believe I have come a long way since joining in December.I think it is time to try a whole animal. I will continue to learn and push myself to do better.

This is an awesome drawing. way to go

It's OK, you welcome. You've done amazingly good job on the other side - just repeat it 😉👍 Shape the edges with graphite shading as you would while making a clay figurine study - you've got the skills and good eye already, just do not rush it up, repeat the quality job 👍 thank you for your kind wor...

PogArtTi wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:41 am I like your study and attention to the detail.

thank you

You can try improve the LHS of the nostril though, which is less convincing of being 3D form - it does look flatter (2D alike) in comparison to the other.

I'll see if I can improve on this and repost, thank you for you advice.

Here is a study of a dog nose. critiques welcomed . This was taken with my iPad, so it may not be that great.

lindaspencils and JayS thank you fr your kind words. It gets frustrating sometimes cause I seem like I am not learning anything and making the same mistakes over and over again. I will continue on this journey and see where it will take me.

Could the softness of the wood, be because it is on vellum paper? that paper has a tooth to it, unlike a hot press paper.

I have placed kitty in a pile of things not to do for the time being. I will reattempt him in the near future. Good lad! I begin to think I am getting it, but I lose it between layers. You aren't alone in this matter. I'm very same. Every time I'm thinking I've got it! - I'm suddenly getting off ;)...

You like to stretch yourself, don't you, Dan? :D This is a seemingly simple subject that's nowhere near as easy as it looks! It seems I do. I thought this would be a simple lily, that has turned into a LILY. If I can just remember like you said below its an exercise not a lily. You're managing the ...

yeah Darrel does use a brush to blend his drawings; however, I have seen many artist using brushes. I do see what you're saying about making the image looking softer. I use a 1" brush the same as you to clean off eraser dust from my drawing and desk. I unfortunately have to erase more than you....