These are my attempt after watching the demo and before looking at the critics. For some of them, I tried variations of different poses to try to nail it down and understand what was happening (with various levels of success lol ). I now know I need to focus on cleaning my lines, taking a bit more time to analyse the pose before placing my shapes to avoid trying to find them on the paper. I will also try to exaggerate the poses a bit. In the meantime, any comments or feedback welcome :)

These are my beans attempts before watching the demo. I realised (after watching the demo), that I was following the forms that I was seeing a bit too much, instead of trying to simplify it. It’s part of the training I guess.  I often tried multiple variations of the same pose to see what I could improve or if something was missing. Some twists give me brain knots I won’t lie.  As usual, any comments or feedback welcome :)) 

These are some samples of my attempts after watching the demos and the critiques. I tried to really stay at 5min or below, but sometimes I got carried away ;D !  Any comments or feedback welcome. 

These are some sample of my attempts before watching the demos. I struggled to follow the 2 min rule as I was coming from the drawing basics course where it was more of a 5min rule. I tried to force myself nonetheless.  I did a bunch after watching the demo and then some more after watching the critics before moving on to the bean.  Any comments or feedback welcome.  PS: isn’t it a very therapeutic exercise? 

These are my first three attempts. The idea was to lay down a room and then do two more versions of a similar room from a different POV (just for the sake of training).  For me the hardest part was to actually come up with a room. I had fun looking online for forms that I would then use in my drawing.  I added variations between the rooms, as I was struggling to keep exact similar proportions between all my objects, so I cheated a bit by not having exactly similar rooms.  At the end, I used some fine liner to clean up the drawing while leaving some of the graphite. Of course I messed it up here and there… !  Any comments or feedback welcome :)) 

These are my level 1 attempts. The first 3 were made before watching the demo and the last three were made after.  I struggled with the first two, everything is a bit off, and there is not much going on. I had zero inspiration as I was just trying to do some boxes. Then it started to get better with the third one which is loosely based on a house I used to live in (so I enjoyed doing it).  The fourth one is not strictly a room I guess, but I was inspired by Stan’s tube station and my daily commute. The fifth one is also loosely based on a house I went in. And the last one is my daily commute as well.  I went from struggling a lot, to doing some research to include some details, and be more accurate. It was easier to do these when I felt “connected” to what I was trying to draw. On to level 2 !  Any comments or feedback welcome ;) 

Here are my third attempts after watching the critics. I forced myself to use the Conte (charcoal) and it is definitely a rewarding process. It is a bit frustrating at times and I moved to the Wollf’s carbon 6b.  I tried to move from Level 1 to level 2. I might have taken too much time on some of these, but I lost myself in adding some details after laying in the main rhythms.  Any comments or feedback welcome.

Here are my second attempts after watching the demo but before watching the critics. I still needed around 30 min per pose, sometimes re-doing a pose, but I enjoyed it deeply. I guess my issue with the 5-min timer was the very unfinished vibe the poses had. Any comments or feedback welcome.

Here are my firs attempts before watching the demo. it definitely takes me way longer than 5 min for each pose (probably around 30-40 min as I explore a lot and try to add some mass), so I will need to improve. I tried the charcoal on some of the pose but hated it, so settled down for a 6B graphite monolith on newsprint and I love the feeling. The overhand grip is definitely a game changer as well. Any comments or feedback welcome.

Batch 7 after watching all the videos. Onto the next lessons now ! It took me so much time to go through all the pics but I loved it. Any comments or feedback welcome :)

Batch 6 after watching all the videos. Any comments or feedback welcome :)

Batch 5 after watching all the videos. Only 16 more to go lol. I am really trying to be more gestural with my lines and blocking my wrist fully, but sometimes the old habits kick in. I try to spend 20 min max per seal / lion. Any comments or feedback welcome

Batch 4 after watching all the videos, I am having fun and I feel that I can do them a bit more quickly and making some progress quality wise. Any comments or feedback welcome

Batch number 3 and the second one after watching the demo. Any comments and feedback welcome.

Batch number 2 and the first one after watching the demo. I still need to work on my lines but I am enjoying this project a lot. I tried to include the things that were mentioned (flow, asymmetry, avoiding the snowman effect etc). I also try to spend 20/30 min max on each. Any comments and feedback welcome.

Level 1 assignment before watching the demo. I only did a few as I wanted to ensure I was not completely off track before doing too many of them. I will keep doing them.  More than a few sheets of paper ended in the fire as I tried different shapes, but overall it was a really fun process. Sometimes I felt that the shape was a bit boring I departed slightly from the picture. Any comments or feedback welcome. 

I tried eyeballing after watching the various videos and trying two other "full measuring" drawings. I found it way quicker and thought it was easier to stay in the drawing rather than constantly measuring with my pen. I did check a few alignments and proportion and overall I am pretty happy. I know that angles are distances that have no real units to relate to are my biggest weaknesses. I will try a few more I think. Any comments or feedback welcome :)

I took a shot at this portrait then I did a procreate check up. I had to bring down the right eye slightly and change the angle of the right side of the face a bit. However, overall it was less bad than expected. I did it before watching the demo and it took me maybe 2 hours. Hopefully, I will be able to improve my lack of speed. Any comments or feedback welcome.

I did not like the picture of the Musketeer that much, so I used a pic of a film I love instead (thanks British GQ for the pic). I did it in maybe 2 hours as I tried to take my time and measure as much as I could with my pencil and used plumb lines where I could. When I thought I was done I put the drawing on procreate and used the transparency method to check against the actual pic. I corrected two angles that were really off (on the helmet), otherwise I left it as is and took a mental note of my mistakes. Basically, as soon as I had to eyeball too many pieces it starts to get slightly off here and there. Any comments or feedback welcome. I will do the musketeers after watching the demo I think.

The third part of the extra 10 drawing I did after watching the demo and after watching the critique video. I tried to limit myself to 10 real organic shapes. Any comments or feedback welcome.