Pure Contour, Modified Contour, and then Draw!

On March 9th  I posted a photo of a deer.  I wanted to do a set of drawings as seen to show the difference between a pure contour, a modified and a sketch.

If you want to improve your drawing skills, it takes a lot of practice, relaxing and letting your skill develop by doing these exercises over and over with various subjects.  We did a lot of these exercises in grade   school art class.  I didn't know then how important they were, but in teaching art classes, these assignments have helped so many of my students get a handle on learning to draw realistically and believably.  Ahh, I just noticed, I forgot to finish the tail.  Oh well, no one is perfect.