A few months since I've been drawing so was feeling extra cautious and rusty. I first tried doing it myself and then followed the tutorials. Notes on first time. Not trusting myself putting down the simple shapes and purportions first. Basically trying to follow the organic line of the shape rather than cut through and refine later. Also thought it was a cross-contour challenge so went way OTT with the cross contours as I was trying to understand the mass of the shape. I definitely got hung up on the shapes and trying to show plan changes and 3 dimensional edges rather than the overall shape, and just getting way too overwhelmed by the complexity of the boot. Following along from the tutorial. Mapped out easy to process shapes, than refining details later. No cross contours, trying to be more gestural with my CSI and then refining slightly. Loved blocking out the whole shape of both boots before separating them later. Felt easier to get them in relation to each other, and more straightforward showing the perspective. Focusing on the shoestrings, I thought about how they twist, but also tried to follow the twisted lines through so they were connected. Going to try and do some twisting ribbons in perspective warm-ups before every session, so I'm more confident in doing thin-edged objects in perspective. Definitely a hard session, but I learned a lot!

que lapiz usas para el boceto? es muy claro y no ensucia gracias

Here’s the snail

Tried it again after the demo did a different pair of shoes though

Simplified snail and boots to CSI

First time drawing ever. Very interesting and addictive!

The First Pic is the Pre Demo one. The last two are Post Demo. Simplified and tried to make confident larger strokes rather than small details. Appreciate suggestions and critique please.

I haven't noticed too much of a difference between the Level 1 project and Level 2. A reason would be that I was starting to draw and practice more often, and I haven't been doing it for several days... but as soon as I approached the 2nd Project of the Lines section, I noticed more improvement. Here are my versions ^_^

My before and after watching the demo (and after feedback). Tried to use a lot more curves and less stiff lines. Also tried putting down a rough outline of placement before I started making lines. I think it helped.

Here are my attempts at the boots before (left) and after (right) the demo. Major line improvement again, but definitely still a bit shaky and chicken scratchy in smaller curves, or when many overlap like in the laces. Lmk what you think!

Loved doing the snail, but the boots were an absolute nightmare ahahah hopefully stuck to the CSI lines properly, I don’t really know what I’m doing :)

I enjoyed it, even drew an extra frog. getting proportions right feels tricky, and doing the shoelaces was a nightmare.

didn't think to draw the laces the first time, then watched the demo. So i decided to give it a shot

Big improvement, felt much more confident in shapes, laces were still hard, but felt much better about them (Left old, Right new)

I will do the boots soon, but I had to post the snail now because, wow your demo fixed a lot of my issues with line confidence and everything. That was probably my biggest issue before starting the course. As you can see, I clearly struggled a lot with preventing myself from chicken scratching and being too much of a perfectionist before the demo. Lmk what you think! (left - before demo, right - after demo)

Big improvement after watching demo. I was focusing too much on doing lines in one stroke perfectly. Messed up the perspective on the boot to the right but still think it turned out pretty good.

Here are my drawings!

My attempt after watching the demo, as my first missed the point of the lesson. I think on the snail, I could improve my line depth, to help it look more 3D. On the shoes, I went too detailed on the laces, and should do an effort to limit the amount of lines I use to help simplify the shapes, aswell as lighten my strokes as they're quite dark.

Here are my results, all done before watching the demo, I tried to use only confident lines. Some feedback would be great :)

Here is my snail before and after the demo: