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Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with.
Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 1 students.
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@amberstarr
11h
My first attempt before the demo and my 2nd attempt after. I feel like I maybe did some things better, but I was happier with my proportions the first go around. Maybe I am imagining things. Feedback?
Rik Van Roy
18h
My pear!

Michiel Verheyen
22h
My pear before watching the demo. It was only while watching the demo that I became aware of the extra gradations in the darker areas of the pear. Weird how my brain seemed to ignore these until Stan pointed them out! 🙂 Anyway, great exercise!

@urpo
3d
pear!

Mandela Aina
4d
Hello everyone I made three attempts on the pear image, the first two on the left were my attempts before watching Stan's demo, the one on the right is after watching it. So I kinda cheated.
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3d
This looks great. I think you could go even further with your darks, especially in that core shadow area, but in general as well. That is sometimes scary when you're first starting, but be bold! That contrast between light and shadow is what will give your drawings form. Keep it up!

@franck8899
7d
Hi everyone! Here's the before and after. I think we can clearly see the progression. The first attempt was made before watching the demo. It was way harder than I thought. I still think I messed up the shadow under the pear, but we can see the improvement !
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3d
Huge improvement! Nice work.

@vladosinz
7d
Hello everybody, I hope you’re doing well. I’d like to share with you my two attempts at recreating a pear from a reference photo. The first attempt was made before watching the demo, and the second one after. Thank you!
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3d
Nice work. One thing to watch out for is making sure your shapes don't get too linear. I'm really noticing that around the core shadow, where it looks more like a line than a shape. Thickening those areas up will give more mass to your drawings and add more visual interest. Keep it up!
Yan Grd
8d
And here is the pear made with your advice from the video.
Yan Grd
8d
First attempts not very conclusive. I find it difficult not to try to go into detail, contenting myself with shadow form. But it's a good exercise for defining what is darker or lighter, I love it.
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8d
Thanks for sharing your process. There’s a huge difference in each of your attempts. You’re heading in the right direction.
Sara
10d
I'm using procreate as I'm better with traditional media and often hate what I do on my ipad. The first two I drew before watching the demo (white back ground and darker red background). The last one (pinkish background) is what I drew after watching the demonstration. The one with the white back ground, I used the procreate pencil. For the darkest background I used 6B and for the pink background I used gloam. All the brushes came with the program.
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I hate what I usually draw on my ipad because I'm trying to draw whats in my head and It just doesnt come out at all. Hence, I'm going back to the basics. Also, there are highlights in the middle pic, I should've went darker with my main light tone. I did these all on one layer.
Sébastien Gariépy
10d
Well that was harder that I thought🤣
Amelia Ruggaber
11d
Just starting the course with my daughter (who is a way more experienced artist than I am). First picture is before demonstration. Second pic is clearly after demo video. Third pic is after demo video and with a basic set of six drawing pencils.
@ess
11d
Exemple 1 and 2 before the demo and 3 after watch the demo
@dbd1000
13d
left one was before the demo. i also drew a different variant (lvl 1#3) of the pear.

@ddeutsch
13d
The first was drawn before the demo and the second is drawn after the demo.

@ddeutsch
13d
The lights got darker when I put the shadow tone behind it… I brought out the highlight and I suppose I could’ve brought out the light mid-tones back but let’s carry on because as Stan said, it’s not supposed to be a good rendering just yet. But I do see where it went darker when I layered in the background.
jordan reitan
13d

Monica
13d
Coming back to the tutorial a few days later to see if I’d remembered the tips
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13d
Looks like you did! Nice work.
Thrace Kelsick
15d
After doing the portrait first, I decided to try my hand at the Pear, to re-enforce the concepts:

@ddeutsch
13d
Nice sight!!
Aryon
16d
Left was attempt before demo, right is after.
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14d
Wow! That's a huge jump. Looks great. Way to go.
Mahfam Zohrabi
17d
Before and After watching the Demo
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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.