Detailed life drawing

This is drawing took about 2 hours in total.
Light was coming mostly from above and slightly infront of the person which makes for the shadows on the wall behind him. This also left the bottom of both the legs very dark.
There isn't much apparent muscular torsion mostly due to the fact that the model is in a relaxed position, but at least the shapes of the muscles are visible (mostly in the arms).
The model is in a balanced position, allmost as if he's sinking into the blanket and pillow behind him. Having both the elbows and the knees widely spread also keeps him from rolling aside. His weight is moved far back, probably even behind the bottom, keeping him stuck to the pillow.
I believe I have suceeded in recreating the models curves and shapes exept for the head. Another thing I don't like is the shading of the shirt - being plain black made it really hard to distinguish any dents and curves.
What I like however, is the shading on the legs and arms and especially the shading on the shorts and the dents that had formed on them.

Detailed still life drawing

There wasn't much thought in composition during the setup of the scene for this drawing - I wanted to have a transparent object in front of a more complex object so that there are more interesting reflections and refractions and I wanted to have a smooth sphere-like object so that there are some smooth gradients in the drawing.
What I don't like about this drawing is the way the grass imitation on the middle object turned out. What I like however, is everything about the dog (both shape and shading). The gradient on the ball seems to work well also.
It's nice that quite a lot of refraction is going on in the bottom part of the first object and that there are some interesting environment reflections on the right side of the third object. Also, at tho top of the perfume there is  a line with some refraction showing the dog from the object behind.

Detailed landscape drawing

This drawing took around 5 and a half - 6 hours in total. I had to adjust the brightness and contrast on this one only because of the details on the ground.
The composition was based upon the rule of thirds - keeping the close and the far edge of the barn on the 1/3 lines and another thing I was looking for was diagonal lines - to show more perspective(2-point perspective again, as the barn wasn't high enough to give a realistic and visible result in 3-point perspective) and make the overall look more dramatic.
The drawing shows several depth levels with the thin tree and the closer edge of the barn, the small wall on the further part of the barn and then, the trees behind the barn and the net next to the barn.
What I like about the drawing is the level of detail in the walls and the rocks that they are build of. Another thing I am happy with is the way the ground and the roof give a hint about their texture without being too detailed.
I decided that I shouldn't add shadows and shading at all, because it would have made harder to see all the little marks I payed attention to.

Week 12 - Weight and balance

These are my sketches for the topic of "balance and weight". The top-right one shows the weight of the body centered between the legs of the person. Also, it may be faint, but the leg going back is also bent in the knee, moving the weight away from the heel and to the toes. The hands aid in keeping the balance by moving the center of weight slightly forward.
The drawing on the bottom right also shows the model in a balanced position, using his leg to support himself from falling on his back and using his arms to keep from tipping on his front.
The top middle drawing shows the model in a slightly unbalanced position. Keeping the feet close to each other and supporting himself on only the feet and his behind, the model is left with balancing his weight over a thin line between the behind and the feet. Having the knees wide separated spreads the weight over a wider area across the line of balance. In addition, the model does not have any support behind him. Having the torso straight up keeps the weight very close to the back, so there's the chance of tipping on his back.