Belvedere Torso in pencil (After Bargue)

I admire you determination David, I’m sure I would have packed it in not long after starting! I’ve seen one or two on the forum, this one is excellent.

This is superb. The subtle graduations in tone are so well done.

It's fabulous and even though you are following a course, your own, distinct hand is evident. I finished a work earlier this week and it included a bit of exposed freehand line work where a mistake would have ruined it. This posed no problem having honed my drawing skills, albeit is slightly differently from you what you have done.

Great drawing with interesting shading and tones.

Brilliant rendition of textures - considering you were working from a drawing, and not from an actual plaster cast, this is a highly creditable achievement.

Fabulous work, David...tonality is perfect in it! Love it and admire your determination to succeed!

Excellent David, drawing skills are so important in my opinion as I believe you can only paint as well as you can draw. Contentious sentiment perhaps?

Thanks all, and I agree drawing underpins everything else.