Ugh, haven't done any of that since the 12 Days of Proko and it shows. I really should find time to practice rhythms more often. And line quality. But how does one do it since there are soooo many things to practice?

After this rich journey with Patrick, I have now created my own fantasy figure. As I drew, the story took shape, which is another new fantastic approach I learned in this course. Once again my warmest thanks @Patrick Jones and thanks to @Proko for those amazing Reference bundles Dumped in the mud and castaway, A young girl finds herself discovering, What wonderful powers she was covering - A delicate creature but she could array Her beautiful wings, as if to say "A soiled body and a broken mind, Cannot cause injury enough to grind, A woman's spirit and her dragon heart - They give me wings so that I may Soar high and fly far far away" my dearest niece Maia Helmbold has expressed my story so wonderfully in these lyrics

I am done, and I am exhausted. Took the entire course in one week. Very happy with the last piece. I learned a lot from it about how to actually finish the drawing. It's always very hard to think of what to add after the initial structure sketch. The detailing in this final lesson is fantastic - it feels much more finished and alive without feeling over-detailed, like it doesn't have every strand of hair drawn detail, but the atmosphere, the ornaments, the stylistic choices, the background add so much more than strands of hair ever would. This last lesson felt pretty fast, somewhat hard to follow, I think it took me 1.5 hours instead of 1, with all the pauses and rewinds when trying to look at what @Patrick Jones was doing and then focusing on replicating the same. Thank you so much for the podcasty feel, definitely calmed me down, as I felt quite nervous going into the last piece - something about it being the last piece added the pressure of wanting it to be good and not messing up. All the suggestions really helped with not feeling as anxious about my work, and it was awesome to see how you managed to fix and change pretty major parts of the artwork. Here are my final pieces - the one from the previous lesson, the final one, and my small SFW variation, as I plan to share it with friends who might not be ready for the nudity. Thank you SOOOOO MUCH for this course, it was phenomenal - I'll be rewatching it a few more times to really digest all the information.

What a wonderfull and inspiring journey with Patrick. I enjoyed every moment and soaked up all his strokes and words. I still have a long way to go and I look forward to every little bit of progress. I did‘t feel ready for this „last“ drawing and needed a lot of scetching and three attempts before finally I decided to finish this one. @patrickjones Thank you from the bottom of my heart, you are a true inspiration! 

I enjoyed and loved every moment of the creation of this drawing, even though I am totally dissatisfied with the result - it turned out even worse than the previous exercises, it lacks balance, subtlety, harmony and magic. So at one point I decided to leave it as it is. Nevertheless, dealing with all the hurdles and missteps, and more so with the philosophical background and the wisdom of creating art so wonderfully conveyed by Patrick takes me a small step further every time. Many thanks for that!

at a fairly early stage I realized something was wrong with the abdomen, I thought I could fix it and kept drawing. I think I went too fast for darker tones and couldn't intervene. Even though I see all the mistakes, I’m still happy because I trained my hand and eye, learned a lot and hope I don't make the same mistakes again.

Thank you for the demonstration. It was somewhat hard to follow the anatomy explanation while also trying to keep up with the drawing process. Will probably need to rewatch to absorb the anatomy stuff a bit better.

This course is just wonderful! Watching and listening while drawing - it almost puts me in a meditative state. The result of my first drawing is secondary, as I enjoyed the process incredibly. Thank you for these revelations

Draw along in digital! That was pretty exhausting to be honest but patience pays off.

Another exercise

Hi all, i ended up doing a study of Stan's own approach to figure drawing. I'll do 1 or 2 more figure drawings just to apply what I've learnt before i wrap this course up!

one more study- figure drawing and shading

My attempt in digital. Need some anatomy work and some brush work for sure.

35th Day of Proko and counting. After yesterday, I wanted to switch it up. I did the sketch in Prismacolor colored pencils (crimson lake), then I did the watercolor washes in scarlet lake, gamboge, cerulean blue, and Prussian blue, then I did the ink line with a Faber-Castell, Pitt Artist Pen size small. It took about an hour. As an experiment goes, I like it. I might try more with this process and variations of it.

not yet finished the assignment, it‘s so great to study those animals. Now I need to combine:) huff, but first I must study anatomy and proportions…they are not quite right so far

I tried to stay focused on the dynamic of gestures and movements. It is a real challenge to draw from live, but it‘s so much fun. I am looking forward going to the zoo- there is a lot more to learn and practice for me.

Drawing and shading practice

For my 1000 post on this site, I thought I would post some character designs for a comic idea taking place in the Mongolian empire. I worked developing an animated film about Marco Polo, and it gave me an idea for a story. Hope you like :)

first attempts