This was hard to do in paper with graphite pencils. For the hierarchy of importance, I felt like it was hard to make the lines any thinner than they were already in the page. The shadow and light version was easier to make the lines look and feel different.

I'm definitely more comfortable with straight lines after the 250 box challenge from draw a box In contrast - fluid lines are painfully hard for me at the moment. My mind and muscle seems to be super rigid.

I've noticed my lines end off slanting down. Any advice how to fix that?

The idea of being loose with lines is too foreign to me at the moment My initial attempts before the demo are failing to do so, it kinda looks good but that's because I was worry about proportions, positioning, etc. I didn't "find" the shapes by sketching them. It is super hard to switch my mind into that mode. I am also worry that I am excusing my poor lines/drawings by saying "I am being loose and sketching", "I am not worry about the final product", etc I don't know - the idea hasn't click on my mind yet

I’m happy with how they turned out but I think that it would've been better to be more loose with the lines and to just focus on the bigger picture rather than the smaller details. In the future when sketching I will make sure to do that.

I like these projects a lot! The idea of having a project is so stressful but fun! Here are my results, hope you enjoy them!

I am looking forward to the demo because I can't change the way my mind is approaching these drawings. It feels as I am still just trying to simplified the form in CIS lines but the intention of the project seems to be more focus on thinking freely and not really worrying about the outcome but rather the line confidence. Line confidence is pretty low because I keep thinking about making sure the proportion is good, what shape will be next to what, is this going to fit in the page, etc. I can't focus 100% on just getting a good line and reminding me I can change the line form later even if I didn't nail it on the first try.

I gave it a shot. Level 2 is more difficult but I wanted to try it. Lesson #1 and #2 for draw a box are helping with the ghosting and line confidence but there still a lot of work I gotta do. Enjoying the CSI drawings though.

I think my drawings pre demo were trying to make it more complex than it needed to be. Falling for the trap of "it's gonna have detail otherwise is not good". I also found myself erasing waaay to much, even the construction lines just to give me an idea of the placement of the shapes. I tried to be more aware of all these after watching the demo. I was trying to be more aware of less is more when it comes to simplifying the subject - the second snail seems a bit more messy but I got it done much quicker than the first attempt. I don't think it is necessarily a "rushed" attempt I wanted to give it a go to the camel while taking into account everything I learned from the demos. I think I got away with it, the proportion of the head is definitely off but I am happy with it.

The shoe laces are evil :( - the perspective alone for the shoes was already a challenge but those laces are just pure evil. I can only hope those were added as an extra challenge we aren’t expected to get because I had zero confidence on those lines. I tried to re-do them multiple times. I am looking forward to the demo so I can see what I did wrong with my approach. As far as self reflection, I think I erased too many lines. I need to accept the mistakes and forget that I can have re-dos by just erasing the lines ....a fine liner would help to be more conscious of my lines but I don’t want to make this course harder than it is for now…. The snail wasn't that bad but still challenging