I've looked at my underpainting for a few days and have made a few what I feel are improvements What do you think?.

I intend to do the observational drawing for my main project. But I had an 8x10 available and wanted to be thorough in mining this course for skill and knowledge. Since this will be my second painting ever, I'm thinking I'll do a value study with this prior to playing with color on the larger canvas. The vine charcoal is a blunt instrument and it feels like the margin for error is relative to canvas size?

After photographing the image, I noticed that the right eye seems too large, and I can't wait to see what else you find for me to change. I have always admired your work and feel it is a privilege to learn from you.

Hello Morgan, Thank you so much for offering this course. I have had an issue with elongating half of the face on my portraits, ie nose to mouth. It took me a good while to notice it. I liked using the grid, (thank you for giving us permission to do so). I had to concentrate on treating the face as abstract shapes and not features. This was good practice.

Hi Morgan,,A big fan of your work and thank you for the course.!.I work as a professional sculptor in the film industry and doing fine art bronzes with mostly western as my subject Plus monument commissions...I always wanted to get back into painting and your lessons are a good place to start! Looking forward to all that you have to offer and very inspiring!

Hi Morgan, Thank you for creating such an informative course. I'm excited to learn from your expertise and improve my painting skills throughout the program. I would truly appreciate any feedback you can share on my work, as it would mean a great deal to me and help me continue to grow as an artist. Thank you, and I'm looking forward to this journey!

Grid drawing

realizing his proportions are off , i stayed with this bc it looks like my uncle Roy who raised me a long time ago. he was like a father to me:). i will do this assignment several more times to get closer to your model too. i really like it for now and will do in oils to render what my uncle. thank you for what you share and how you've put this together to help other artists Morgan. i appreciate the dedication to hard and fun work!

First attempt at a grid. I think I screwed it up. I forgot to delete the border when measuring. So I had to work upside down alot to just see shapes. Also 1st attempt at charcoal in at least 20 years, literally, because I tend to lean on the paper and make a mess. I think it would be better if I worked at an easel? Should I gesso over this and do it again? I think maybe I shoulld just move on.

A first try with Procreate. Next I’ll mainly work on canvas and with oil paint. Thank you for creating this course. I’m looking forward to learn to paint. Finally!

have never used the grid method before but it’s very useful!

I'm enjoying the course so far and am excited to start my first portrait painting.

Fyi, there aren't any grid lines on my sketch b/c I'm working in Procreate and using its built-in grid.

Hi @Morgan Weistling! I'm so excited to be taking this course. I've had a few beginner painting courses recently in acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Oil painting was what intrigued me the most of those 3 mediums. I settled on your course as I appreciate the "Painting without a Brain" method. Just am easy to follow along course that will get me established with some fundamental painting knowledge. Here's my attempt at using the grid method. I must admit I am definitely one of those "grids are cheating and no REAL artist uses them" camp, however after putting my ego aside and giving it a try I was pleasantly surprised that after the tedious grid setup my initial lay-in was completed in record time. I'm looking forward to what I can pull out of this course and to see my improvement. Cheers!