Practicing my hand softness, how to hold a pencil, lines, shapes, etc. Fundamentals of drawing a figure.

Started learning how to draw figures 7 days ago, 100% self-taught, no art schools or courses until now...I have exactly one year to prepare myself for the entrance exam for art college. I stumbled upon this photo from Proko.com and tried to redraw it on my own. It will be fun to do it one more time in exactly one year from now and see my progress and how much I learned in the meantime. Open to any suggestions and advice in this process.

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