This doesn’t look nice as it’s my first attempt at this kind of object, but I learned so much. By 1 minute I could visualize the attachment points at the bottom moving in a circle and how the front are facing us but the back ones are turned away. I wish the output looked a little nicer but I’m still glad I chose the chandelier because it did something weird to my brain XD

ummm, I did it again. Is it better? Yes, is this what I am satisfied with? No, do I still wanna kill myself? Yes, and am I gonna try again? Yes but not recently I feel burnt out already. here’s my own critique: 1) I learned about changing shape design in between object/subject which I was unaware of, first time. 2) I was patient, calm and didn’t had any thoughts to kill myself (atleast while doing this) what I think should improve:- I was overly dependent on video than first time, i need to learn edges and shifting the gradient in planes. I believe I need to learn adapting shape design in tonal studies which I have never done before, same with line quality, perspective and forms. I can always do the contour for shapes but never in between shapes which are complex to me right now. how I am gonna do this:- by not touching my sketchbook for a week, I tried my best but this was overwhelming and a bit frustrating. I will focus on painting so I don’t forget tonal values but I want a bit rest just a bit.

Yes that helps! Thank you!! So cute 😄

It’s a bit like playing chess, be aware of all the moves. I wanted to keep it simple enough to find out what happens when you move the horizon line. Maybe I don’t get it?

Hey again! As I mentioned in my previous message, I just finished drawing these two scenes. For each one, I started with a reference photo, reconstructed it in perspective, and then I redrew the same scene from a different point of view 😁 The first one took me way longer than the second, as you can imagine… 😅 But I really loved this exercise, and I’ll definitely do it several more times!

Hey Marshall, I think I took your sentence, "30 times and you'll get it, 50 times and you'll never forget," a little too seriously... 😂 After 7 hours and 30 minutes of intensive practice spread over a bit more than two weeks, I've created these 150 little scenes, exploring various angles and points of view. Now, I feel like I can instinctively locate the horizon line and angles without even thinking—it’s become second nature! 😅 The first 50 were 5-minute studies, the next 50 took 3 minutes each, and the last 50 just 1 minute each. Next up, I'll try drawing the same scene from different points of view. 👍🏻 It was a challenging yet incredibly rewarding experience. I truly feel the benefits of the effort deep down. Thanks a lot, Marshall!

Thank you for this experience. Didn’t think I would have the patience to finish it. Or would be able to at all. Think I made a little step. 🐥 The photo accentuates the blacks too much though. The second I took from a distance and looks more like the blacks it has.

this was an excellent demo. Following right along.. doobedo, doobedo....

Got to the third vid. think I might not have gone low enough and the anvil looks a little compressed. I read the comment on the previous video about this just being a demo and realized I skipped the " How to draw above and below eye level" video. will work on that over the week. Here is my third drawing of the day. I got to use some of that roll of tracing paper I bought 20 years ago. and never opened thanks to my light box.

what can I say - I failed with every attempt and then I thought: Do something, anything!!