Here's my boxy people.

How do medical doctors learn and retain all of this stuff (and at an incomparably deeper level)?

Checking in.

I got carried away with shading (which I am obviously not yet good at), but it is a persistent problem to force myself practice specific things while I just love to draw. Just keep trying I guess!

I tried this exercise with an apple, let me know how I can improve. Not sure why but the big shadow in the middle of the apple looks like a hole instead of wrapping around the apple, how could I fix it to look correct?

So incredibly beautiful, fun and inspirational! Thank you for sharing. I am only beginning to figure out how to work in a sketchbok - been mostly drawing on pieces of paper and throwing them out. Now I am trying to discipline myself to carry the sketchbook with me, and do all my sketches in there. It is nice to look back at my own drawings, even though they still look amature and scrawny. Maybe after a few years of practice my sketchbooks will also look beautiful!

Here is an animated illustration I did for my animation students about 1 to 5 point perspective. I also explain to them that these are tools to create the illusion of 3d space on a flat surface like a piece of paper, a screen or a cinema canvas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcpkeIiTMCk PS: Marshall is a gem. I am so looking forward to his course.

I've had too much fun researching medical explanations about foot joints on the Internet 🤣🤣🤣 Time to move on and revisit this later.

Following Stan's tutorial again.

When looking at other boxhand drawings in the forum, I see a lot that I didn't consider. Many look drawings look amazing, Being a novice, do I learn from these drawings or wait for the demo and critiques. I know I have to start somewhere but what if I'm learning from incorrect drawings. Am I overthinking on this ? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Managed to draw only two hands before the critique deadline 😊

My first day doing this course, so I haven't fully figured out what exactly I am supposed to do with the exercises. Great fun studying Marshall's drawings though, so cool that he is teaching parts of this course.

It is startling to see the difference between what I saw on the photo through the lens of my ignorance and what is actually in there. Also I figured it is not strictly necessary to trace over a photo for this exercise, as it is about seeing muscles, and not tracing precision.

I don't feel like I am ready to do a very detailed rendering of the kind that Stan did, and my time is better spend on practicing individual skills at this stage! I still gave this exercise a smaller scale try. It was helpful, as it got me thinking about shading, and what is the best way to continue learning.

This was fun, but I'd like to move on to people! May revisit this assignment later, along with other animal exercises from the Drawing Basics course.

Some level 1 boxes. I can't figure out how to do level 2, so going to wait for the demos and try again!

Perspective is so easy to understand, but extremely hard to implement because the lines have to be super precise, especially where the angles get slim. It is also hard to find balance between eyeballing and construction. I guess more practice will help.

I drew all poses from the pack, but only chose the better looking to post. I think I understood the idea of rhythms, but I easily get carried away with enjoying the process of drawing people, so not sure these ended up being purely rhythms. I hope to get back to this exercise later, and I am also now incorporating rhythms into my life drawings.

Pre demo sketches.

My goal is to have no goals! Art is a hobby for me, and it actually takes some effort to keep it that way. I like it that I have something in my life that I do purely for fun. Good luck to everyone in accomplishing whatever challenges you set for yourself in 2024!