The final pose here is a bit to low contrast, the shadows need to be darker and the bright parts need to have  stronger highlights. I think that I must have been having an off day when I did this picture.

This is a copy of a painting done by Leyendecker one of my favorite artists. While the colors came out a little warmer than the original I still like it and I think I got his style down pretty well. This took four hours to do and if I had a little more time I would have done some more color correction.

 Some foreshortening practice on this one. This one took me a bit longer than I would have liked because of the foreshortening. Because of that parts of the figure aren't finished and there are no highlights. Also I feel like the whole figure is a bit to dark. Part of that is that the picture I was working from was kind of dark and part of it is that I spent most of my time struggling with the foreshortening. Despite that I like this figure and think that its pretty good in light of the fact that I struggle with foreshortening.

This is a copy I did of a painting by a guy named Anders Zorn. The whole thing took about four hours I would have liked to get some color in this copy but I try to stick to my time limits other wise I never seem to finish a painting. Besides that I think that this is a good copy, the figure and all the background elements are close to the original. The lighting was the main reason that I picked this piece to copy and I think that I successfully copied the feel of the lights in this scene. 

I feel kind of meh about this figure. It's not bad but nothing on it stands out as being particularly good either. The anatomy is good but could use some work, there are places than need to be finished but the places that are finished look good and so on. I think this is just more evidence that I need to be able to work more efficiently. 

My final ambient occlusion study. It's a bit boring but I think that over all looking at stuff like ambient occlusion has been helpful to me.

 I like where this figure was going I just wish that I had finished it. The torso, thigh ,and upper arms all look pretty good but the rest of the figure is incomplete. I think I have to work on my speed and be more efficient with my time when I'm painting.

This is a study in translucency and I think that it came out pretty good. I like how as the arm moves further away from the glass it becomes more blurry and distorted. And even though the figure looks like  person, no details  can really be seen through the glass. The texture of the glass was a bit of a challenge  I wanted to get the texture across while still making it feel like glass. For the most part I think that I succeed.

 I like the way that the lower back and thighs turned out in this picture. I think one of the biggest problems with this picture is that a lot of the definition in the upper back and forearms that is to hard. The muscles look to defined and need to be softened and made to fit into the figure better.

A subsurface scattering study. I like this one because its a abstract shape rather than a part of anatomy. The two light sources were a bit tricky to deal with. Overall I like the way that the light and color pass through the object.

 Certain parts of this figure look a bit flat. The anatomy is good and the cloth looks good even if it's unfinished. I like the face and shoulder I think that they are the best part of the drawing.

Another reflected light study. I like this one because the picture had a slight reflection on the table and that was something that I hadn't done much of. So I think that this came out good, the reflected light is on the pear and on the table and the reflection is feint but still recognizable. 

I like this pose. There is a nice amount of movement in it and I think that it comes across in the drawing. I think that the leg that's bent might be incorrect; either I didn't make it long enough or it's foreshortened and I failed to get that across in the drawing. Other than that error I like the anatomy in the chest and arms, the light is good really defining the form, and the sense of movement comes across without being to stiff or to unbalanced, both of which have been a problem for me in the past.

Ambient occlusion study number three. This time with a doughnut added to the box and sphere. One thing that working on stuff like this has helped with is working in layers. Just taking advantage of the fact that I can paint on one layer without disturbing what is on the other layers and then when I get to a point where I'm satisfied I can erase what I don't need. Seems like something simple but sometimes I forget simple stuff like that and doing these kinds of exercises helps me remember and retain that kind of information.