a lot of artists struggle with perfectionism. For many it doesn't really go away, no matter how good they get, because in your own eyes you can always find something that you would wish you could do better. So while it is good that you are practicing the lines and ellipses, you should also allow yourself to just draw for the sake of drawing, make it regardless whether or not you know it won't be the quality that you wish it were. I've learned that the hard way, and the fear of failure prevented me from doing anything at all, while I could've just continued making imperfect art, and improving in the process. (PS this is the reason I'm taking this course as well)

great drawing, makes me think of medieval Poland or Czech republic. Is it possible to be nostalgic of something that you've never experienced? Also nice POV.

I can see how tense your grip is from the second image. Take a pencil, relax your grip, relax your wrist, lift your whole arm. Barely touching the paper with the pencil try drawing by just moving your shoulder, then just moving your elbow and then just moving your wrist (all along try to be mindful of keeping relaxed). Practice with your arm not touching the table at all while drawing from the shoulder.

these are great! There's no "right" drawing, this exercise is not about mushrooms, but about drawing ellipses and circles (making your hand do what you want it to do), which is exactly what you are doing. You can experiment with trying different speed and see what gives you better control of the pencil. You can also practice by drawing rows of ellipses and circles, but the mushrooms are more fun, as well as they force you to make the lines more deliberate rather than just random sizes of shapes. Practice for more symmetry and cleaner lines.

You have a very nice line work and the break up of forms, however your drawing is lacking depth - the range in values, which is one of the main points of this lesson. You can use a simple exercise to practice values by drawing five squares and shading them in equal increments from black to white (see the image I've attached). Then you can use the same principle to shade your drawing: Hair is completely black, the highlight on the nose is white and the rest would be shades in between of various values.

I don't really have any criticism for your drawing, just wanted to say how mesmerizing I find it. The way you segmented and shaded looks like he a multifaceted gemstone or a crystal - very cool effect.

just left a review on your other submission scrolled down, and this drawing made me laugh so hard! I'm officially a fan of your quirky art.

The proportions might be off, but because how stylized it turned out to be the image works. This might be my favorite submission that I've seen so far. The only relevant advice I have is that your values are a bit off. Spend some time comparing your drawing and the photograph (squinting really helps). The most obvious thing that jumps out is that the hair is the darkest part of the photograph, and you have as a mid tone (not sure if you just did not have enough patience to cover such a large area, because personally I found it quite annoying and had to sharpen my pencil 3 times).

The drawing is great by itself, but I see that you are doing something that I'm also quite guilty of - shying away from pushing the darks. Since the lesson is on values and observation, look closer to the right side of the face (from you point of view) notice how much darker overall the shadows are all the way from the brow to the chin, the eye becomes almost invisible. Thankfully it's something that's easy to fix by darkening some areas.