Figure drawings from school

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I finally got around to scanning some of my drawings. I had to resize them quite a bit so some of the detail was lost, but it doesn't really matter with these. I also have two 18x24 inch drawings I scanned in four parts each. That's why there are some issues with the last two.

I don't have much art experience, so critiques on these would be helpful for me.


This is a self-portrait I made for my first drawing class last quarter. It's 8.5x11 inches, on bristol board with a Conte crayon.
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/sp.jpg

The rest of these are from a figure drawing class I'm taking currently.

These are some one minute gestures. I need quite a lot more practice with these. Done with vine charcoal on 18x24 inch newsprint divided into quadrants.
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/g1.jpghttp://students.washington.edu/mtwall/g2.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/g3.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/g6.jpg
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/g7.jpg

Here is a forty minute drawing. 18x24 inch drawing paper with vine charcoal.
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/fig1.jpg

This is a twenty minute drawing. 18x24 inch drawing paper with a Conte crayon. I really wish I had had more time on this drawing (as well as on other drawings of her) not just because there are some problems with it, but because I wanted to draw her head. Her hair had a really cool wild look to it, and face had a challenging and confident stare that I liked.
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/fig2.jpg