Gustavo

This is a fantastic breakthrough in your drawing skills, Gustavo!! You used faster, looser lines to sketch the form of the egret. And you drew BIG on the paper while keeping accurate, natural-looking proportions of its head and body. Excellent how you did several study sketches of the bird. Keep working on sketching quickly and accurately as you look for the contour edges of things that you're drawing.

Billy

Excellent sketching style, Billy!! I really like how you sketched light, accurate lines showing the overall proportions of the the egret. And it's great how you drew large on the paper while keeping accurate shapes for the head, body, and neck. You did an awesome job of showing the negative space (area around the bird's body) and the positive space (the bird's body). Keep working on drawing where positive and negative space meet to form the edges of the thing that you're looking at.

Antonio

Alright!! Antonio!! You did a fantastic job of drawing where the negative space (the dark area around the egret's body) meets the positive space (the egret's body). Great job of showing details such as the beak, eye, and curve of the neck. I really like how you drew BIG on the paper and used loose, expressive lines to show the form of the bird.

Franky

Welcome back to class, Franky! You got back into it with a well drawn egret!! Excellent job of drawing the 's' curve in the bird's neck. It's great how you drew accurate overall proportions of the the head and body. You have a lot of control in drawing contour lines that show the edges of the egret's form. The facial features are very well drawn and it's really cool how you loosened up and drew large on the page.

Marcial

Welcome to Success Sketchers, Marcial!! You got off to a wonderful start with your drawing of the egret! I know that holding your pencil on its side and moving your whole arm while drawing is a challenge, but it will help you to sketch large, accurate shapes of the things you're looking at. You did an excellent job of drawing the form of the egret. The proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) are well drawn. Nice work on the contour lines that show the edges of the bird's form. Keep practicing sketching light guidelines for the shapes of things before drawing darker contour lines.

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Nathaniel


You really nailed this one man!!! Wonderful observation of positive and negative space, and great contour lines showing the form of the egret's head, neck and body. Your eye for realism has opened up in a BIG way with this drawing. Erasing the highlights is a beautiful touch!

And speaking of beautiful...

Sarah


One of the most important aspects of a drawing style is being able to show delicacy. And your style is brilliantly shining in this drawing, Sarah!!! Superb use of positive and negative space to show the contrast of the background and the form of the egret's body, especially those awesome, delicate white highlights. The balance between the blended grays forming the egret's body, darker gray background, black legs, and detailed facial features makes for a REALLY cool composition. Wonderful drawing!

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Gustavo


Marcial