Hi fellow students - here's my first attempt, before watching Stan's demo. Thanks, Mark M

Here are 2 sketches of pears for the first simplification exercise - before and after watching the demo. Even though I've been drawing for years, I started with this level because I struggle immensely with simplification and always overcomplicate shapes. I'll be redoing this more than once because I definitely have a ways to go. Let me know what you think!

Hey ! I started Digital painting in January, but had to do a break this summer. I want to start again now, and because I want to get strong fundamentals I start this course. Here is my first project : the pear Any feedback are more than welcome, thanks in advance ! :)

So i've been practicing drawing (almost) daily for the last 2 years or so. But I lack focus and structure. After listening to the draftmen podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1xbX2ESP8). I've decided to bring in more structure. The podcast mentions this Redit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/comments/dapk62/from_the_guy_who_made_the_most_comprehensive_list/) with a full curriculum. My challenge will be to follow this curriculum as close as possible. I've created this topic mostly to keep myself accountable. But i will post created work regulary, and any feedback/ critique from you guys is greatly appreciated! Some personal info: -39 years old -fulltime job outside art -On average i have 1 hour each day to practise (a bit more in the weekends) -Not a native English speaker, so please forgive me the grammar and spelling mistakes :) The first unit is figure drawing. I've already followed Stan's figure drawing course before, so im revisiting the course. Here are some 2 minute and 30 second gesture drawings (drawn in Procreate). Please let me know what you think of them.

Finished my first project and looking for feedback. I might have originally posted in the wrong section so I apologize if this is a double post. I turn 47 this year and decided to attempt to learn to draw. It is pretty humbling but also exciting.

I just finished the first project associated with the basics course. I tried both level options. I know the angle of the mouth on the second one and the shadow of the first one is wrong but ignoring that, please critique. I haven’t watched the demo that follows this yet, so asking for critique already may be pointless, but please.

Hello, I just want to some feedback about some exercises that I did. I’m really confused about how and what shading techniques to use to make it more convincing. I know there’s a lot room for improvement so let me know.

Hi everyone! Here are a few illustrations that I would like to get critique, please.  First, there is a couple of studies of the illustrator Jose Garcia’s work (plus his work own illustrations for reference). I simplified a lot my versions but still I was trying to capture the essence of his style. In addition, there is an own interpretation of the character Jinx based on a digital artwork I found online. With this one I have been a little less careful with my lines, once I got the proportions close to the artwork. For reference, I attach also my first portrait (John Snow) that I did few months ago when I resumed drawing, to compare.  In general I am happy with the evolution and I am integrating a lot of the concepts I am learning here. But still I find my work messy and chaotic. I would appreciate a lot some feedback about line quality, hatching, etc, please. What can I improve and focus on the next projects? Thanks a lot in advance!!

I am complete beginner and new to the world of drawing and painting. I guess there are many more unlike me and suffering the same problem that is finding a course for complete beginners. Can someone help me with finding a course that teaches how to actually start ?

The first submission was pretty bad, so I redid it by hand instead in an art program

I create this topic to share my daily sketches (apart from assignments drawings). This will be a motivation for me to have a daily practice and to fill my sketchbooks. Critiques are welcome. Thank you very much!

I recently tried the seal exercise to focus on gesture. I'm pleased with how fluid they are and I definitely see an improvement with trying to tell a story in the shape and focusing on simplicity. However, I feel like it's still somewhat rigid or that some are not dramatic enough. I would love to hear feedback. I feel as though some of the seals don't have that "pinching" affect.

Any advise to help me improve would be apreciated. This is my attempt to CSI BEFORE watchin Stan's lessons. Thank you in advance

I'm new to drawing and am following a textbook, can anyone provide me some feedback?

Hello 👋 it’s been a long time since I’ve came on here. Still drawing and I feel as though I’m staring to actually see genuine progress and things are slowly starting to click for me. I haven’t done many portraits in the past however I have practiced loomis and even the Riley method I also bought a course from Marco bucci painting the head and tried to implement both proko and Marco’s concepts together I would say it was quite challenging but I feel as though I may have found some things that connect may not connect. My only gripe is I could not for the life of me draw the eyes it was torture so I opted them out for now. I think my greatest improvement was my patience in making sure every line counted although I did not measure I hate measuring so I just eyed it. Hope for some critiques regarding if it looks solid or did I get the perspective correct.

Here is my attempt to use CSI lines only. This is BEFORE watching lesson or videos. Thank yoiu

Here is my interpretation of the assignment BEFORE watching Stan's examples. thank you

I’m about half way through the 250 box challenge in the Drawabox series and am starting to find it really uninspiring. At the same time I am working through the new fundamentals course here and really enjoying it. I know I need to focus on the fundamentals taught in Drawabox but also know that most of the great artists I admire did not do this course so there must be alternatives. So my questions are: Do art students go through something similar to draw a box in art school meaning I should just tough it out? Is there another course/methodology for teaching the same principles that might be less boring and repetitive?

Hello, I recently did this study from life, I drew this in a restaurant and drew one of the guest there. I only had about 15-20 minutes to draw him, since he and his family ended up leaving early. But what I would like to ask for critique is proportion and foreshortening, When I looked at it, I feel the arm and hands are too small, almost like a child, but when I try to fix it, it kept feeling wrong. I even tried fixing it in digital and I still for the love me couldn't get it to work. After that, I began to try to improve my arm and hands proportion/foreshortening by copying a lot of John Singer Sargent's arm, these were done quickly in pen just to get a feeling of the shape of the arm when foreshortened. The next day, I attempt to do another figure drawing from life, this time of a waitress resting her hand on a railing. I found the arms and hands better, they're not as foreshortened as the first figure, but I still see some subtle foreshortening (particulary on the forearm). But now the body isn't foreshortened correctly! It's driving me nuts! If anyone out there could lend a helping hand in figuring this out, I would really appreciate it. (P.s. I know it's been a while, but @Liandro and @Jesper Axelsson any tips on solving this drawing problem?)