Hi Marco, thank you so much for this course. In this chapter, you helped me "see" the temperature of colors and how warm or cool light affect the object and its environment. I am more conscious when looking at the color of light sources, the local color, reflective light, and shadows now. Your Youtube video about ambient occlusion also helped a lot. Many thanks, and all critiques are welcome!

Tried this out today

learning to see is really hard. i dont like this measuring thing but i did it. could have done better

This was so fun! The timer was scary, and I tried to do this handsome man justice.

Been on this for a long loooong time, finally have the courage to post for feedback. Done those quite recently. Feedback welcome and always enormously appreciated :D

Hi! I have just finished my Yoni drawing. This was my second attempt. The first time around I was simply unable to apply Stan's measuring technique(s) and I gave up simply thinking I was not yet ready or lacking drawing practice (gesture, anatomy etc). I then started the anatomy course and more particularly the Torso section, which I have not finished yet. After completing the drawing and shading of the torso I thought I'd go back to the Figure Drawing course and have another shot at completing the final drawing so here you go! Any critique will be very welcome. @Stan Prokopenko @Jesper Axelsson. Cheers, Romain

My submission for the April Proko Challenge. The book is Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat. It's an autobiography about a scientist sent to Northern Canada to investigate the decimation of caribou by wolves, only he founds out that maybe the wolves aren't the culprit. I reference the wolf/moon big bad wolf, werewolf etc trope, using snapping and howling wolves to show people's imaginations of what wolves are really like. I tried to simplify the shapes of the caribou and the hunter to echo the wolves' silhouettes (my reach may have exceeded my grasp!) in the meantime letting the shadows hint the subject of the book. This was a very fun challenge, thank you!

Here's my entry! I had a lot of fun designing the cover, especially since I hate how the German one looks haha

Thank you so much for this course! I am learning so much. I found an app with Asaro head models and have started practicing and feel like I have a much better handle on the head. Here’s some work, critique welcome.

When the upper eyelid hangs over itself, it's called a "hooded lid", at least on make up tutorials haha. Many people get them as a normal part of aging but some younger people have them too.

Thanks for showing different kinds of faces.

Thank you so much for this class! I'm enjoying every minute, you're a really good teacher. I’ve been struggling so much with drawing faces and you’ve explained it so well.

This one of my first drawing training in Photoshop.

These are two minute gestures I did this morning, this is the first time I’ve looked for critique on my figure drawing but it’s better later than never. I’ve also been using Figure Drawing: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton as well

Is it just me or does the drawing of these gestures seem very situational? For example, sometimes Stan will follow the gesture of the pose using the center line, and other times he'll start with the contours of the shoulders, or draw the arms first etc. I feel like I pay more attention to broader strokes of CSI that I miss these smaller details. But I thought the point of this exercise was to look past detail? If anybody is able to provide some clarity on what to look for I'd really appreciate it :) here are some of my better gestures that I've done recently

i’ve been drawing gestures almost daily the past few weeks and feel like i’ve not been improving much in recent sessions. here are some from yesterday’s practice, all critique is highly appreciated!!!

Gesture drawing is by far the most difficult lesson and I’ve practiced a lot. I take 4-5 min because my proportions fall apart at 2 min. These are super fun though. I think my line work and exaggeration are things to work on but criticism is welcome. :)