First of all thanks Stan for the amazing project. I have done this project in pencil, charcoal, oil and pen. I was going to do more of them if I had more time until deadline. I tried to limit myself to 5 sometimes 7 values. I enjoyed working on shape design, showing form and dealing with floaters at the same time. It gave me opportunity to practice my skills that I have learned in Morgan Weistling portrait course. The charcoal portrait is my favourite and I had lots of fun with doing portrait in pen which was inspired by Rembrand's self portrait. I am new to showing the form in pen, so would love to practice it later in this course. In all cases I tried not overmodel the portraits, but sometimes it was hard to ignore lots of little shapes on the beard. Would love to hear your comments and critics. Thanks.

My shading exercise. Any feedback is welcome. Thanks.

Hi Morgan! I loved this inside out method. It allowed me to work on the little girl's face one day, hair and background the next day and on her body and dress the day after without worrying about paint might get dry. I have noticed that skin colours got darker and duller on the third day of painting. So had to lighten up the skin colour and half tones in order to give it its freshness. The painting was half dry and probably I shouldn't have done it. Anyway it was a bit disappointing to see my values had changed. Does it happen to other people, I wonder? Hair was my biggest struggle. (I couldn't get the colour right.) I enjoyed painting her dress. I would love to hear your feedback. Thank you for an amazing course. Now it is time for me to put into practice what I have learned so far.

This is my final stage. Any feedback would be great. Thanks.

Here is my third one on Squinting for Edges. Thank you, Morgan!

Here is my assignment for values. Please ignore the noise in the shadow inside the hat area. It is my old printer that made the paper wrinkly. Thank you.

Thank you Morgan for adding new squinting lessons and assignments. I enjoyed doing this. Here is my first one.

Hello Morgan, Thanks again for an amazing course, I am learning a lot. It teaches me how to approach to a portrait drawing and painting with a clear structure that I was lacking before. This is the course I have been waiting for years. Thanks a lot. This is my first oil portrait. The value of the ear seems a bit light. But when I squint it reads as a part of shadow family, so I am a bit confused if I should darken its value or it is ok like this. I tried my best to get the colour of the his shirt right (like in your painting- a bit cooler green). But I couldn't get it right unfortunately. When I mix yellow and black, I get warm green, when I add more blacks to it gets darker, not the cooler. Adding whites didn't help either. Any tips would be useful, thanks. In real finished painting there are more subtle colour variations and modelling, unfortunately camera flattens it all. Thanks for your feedback in advance.

Thank you Morgan for an amazing course. I really enjoyed it. Any feedback is welcome.

I found this exercise incredibly useful. It forces you to see differently and challenges you a lot. Thanks a loooot, Stan! I loved them and will do more.