/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Doing some study to improve as a beginner. I just finished few weeks ago FWAP.

I decided to watch Finch's video on how to study Frazetta. I heard doing those master copies are good to improve fast and efficiently.

Pic related is my first study. I'm kind of proud of this one. I really try to find shapes and not focusing too much on details, trying to kind of make "block" of those details and puting a value on it.

In my second picture, it's my today's study. I don't really like this one. I have the impression that I copied too much the details ont didn't really use the forms.

Should I try to not bother with details, and only trapped them into a shape and putting a value ? Should I take other references with shapes more prounounced ?