YES! Let's go :)

You can tell that Stan is expecting another child. The dad jokes level increased expunentially.

This was fun, and motivational. Game 1, first try, was eye-opening. I couldn't believe how easily and fast I forgot things I'd just seen. Page 2-3 I did Game 2, which I enjoyed a lot. Imagining these items from a different angle seemed very hard and my first tries failed miserably. Then I tackled it again doing little studies first, after which both visualizing and drawing came so much easier. I'm rather happy with how they turned out. Also loved the process so I'll keep doing these. Page four is Level 2, an attempt to sketch these figures from different angles and with different slightly different poses. Very hard. The hammer is Game one, I drew the different angle from memory, wanting to figure out the perspective without reference. I struggle with round shapes in perspective. And the last one is Game 1 with figures. I got totally lost with the hands positioning on figure 2, but that's ok? :D

Thanks for this demo, it was an absolute joy. I have to tell you it calmed me down, a lot. I love how it ties up everything we've learned so far on this course and after watching this I felt like yeah, I can do this stuff! Since frustration has not been a stranger to me during this year and a half, as I believe is the case with most students here. Along with what all I've learned since the beginning of this course, I learned from this demo that patience is the key. I was also reminded of Jeff Watts' demo in which he imprinted "think first, then draw" in my brain. I've gotten so much out of the perspective section of this course that... wow. I cannot wait for the shading part.

1st image are the first 5 poses Proko provided. 2nd image are torsos from sketchdaily.

Well! For me, this has propaply been the most challenging assignment on this course so far. Two weeks ago it was very difficult to figure out which way my lines should curve, where's the twist, how much to show overlaps and... everything, really. When I started to see dreams about manipulating a drawn box, I knew I needed help. I returned to how to rotate a box. The Robo Bean lessons on the Figure Drawing Fundamentals course were very helpful as well. It's been a hard task, but now I feel like I'm actually getting a hang of it, so YAY! First two pictures are boxes drawn from imagination, and numbering on them are just the order I've drawn them. The three last ones are from reference. Hand drawn boxes are a bit messy, but I wanted to leave my mistakes visible and move on. Last one I did digitally. Accomplishing this feels reawarding as just managing to draw decent lines digitally. Another yay! What a great assignment.

I enjoyed this excercise a lot! This showed me how much work I still have to do with just designing shapes. Lineweight is on my mind, all the time, but, as of now, it feels like I don't have enough energy left to execute it for a more finished look - after I've poured my brain on earlier stages. From this assignment I also learned that I still have the annoying tendency to get into details all too soon. It gives my drawings a certain stiffness, I think. Today, though, I'm far more able to let go of pedantry than I was a year a go, and being loose and just feeling it is a great feeling, so that's a win :D.

I spent unforgivable amounts of time wondering such things as why the blob doesn't fit inside the box. Meaning that I constantly find my focus on solving the wrong problems. At least that's how it feels, but then, I guess one can't get through a thicket without clearing the way. I'm wondering if my boxes end up looking distorted because there is too much convergence? Or because my vanishing points are missing, or misplaced? I don't know, I can't put my finger on where I go wrong. I find myself drawing a box but thinking of an ellipse, and plan to draw the box in two point perspective but end up following three point perspective guidelines, so... perhaps just a little break? :P. Fun it is, nonetheless, I love this challenge.

Stan, when you said that this is the half way point of the course, that made me very happy, that there is going to be that much more of it. It’s been so great, and so helpful, so far. This course has been such a great investment! There were so many helpful concepts, so far, that I never fully picked up or understood from other courses, and or art lessons. Things that make everything else, that teaches concepts for line drawing, easier to manage. In that way, this course also adds value to all those other courses, for me. I just wish I would have had this course earlier because it would have saved me so much grief, and struggle. I really appreciate the thought and detail that you put into your lessons, Stan. Art teachers often explain things in ambiguous ways that leave me uncertain. But it’s clear to me that you really take the time to figure out how to explain things in the clearest way possible, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate it. I am feeling really excited about drawing, and my art goals are feeling more attainable. I can not speak highly enough about this course! It’s already a 10 out of 10 and it’s only half way through! I absolutely love this course! Thanks for helping fill in the gaps of my drawing knowledge. Sorry it won't seem to let me post without hitting Request Critique. LOL