Perhaps some basic form and volume-rendering exercises could be created and posted, maybe in the Subject Specific Demo section. Would a couple of those more experienced teachers out there be willing to put something simple together that those in need of help in that area could follow?
Then when a portrait appeared in the critique section that showed a lack of understanding of those principles, the critiquer could direct the " critiquee" (did I just invent a new word?) to the relevant exercise.
I really like a suggestion that Sharon Knettell sometimes gives and that is for beginners to copy Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring", first in monochrome, then in color.
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