Hi all, i ended up doing a study of Stan's own approach to figure drawing. I'll do 1 or 2 more figure drawings just to apply what I've learnt before i wrap this course up!

Hi All, I just finished the figure drawing course and tried to do the final assignment. I used pencil in stead of charcoal so the whole shading process took me a bit longer than the demo. I’m open to any suggestions for improvement!

Hi everybody =) ...4 days ago I posted my 'final' finished piece for this course. (The last picture attached). I was not very happy with it. That drawing I made was probably the 6th or 7th drawing I have ever shaded so it came out pretty rough. I studied light and shading for a few days and created this new piece to give the course it's proper conclusion. It just didn't feel right to finish this course with a drawing I wasn't excited about. But with this, I am satisfied to move on to anatomy =)

Here is my finished piece. I lost a lot of the form after I added the tone using a graphite stick and napkin to create the background. I didn't foresee it smudging most of my lines, including some outlines and shadow maps. Whoops. I decided not to go back and re-establish the lines. I would consider this a successful failure though. I learned 5+ lessons of what I should do and not do thanks to this one drawing. Thank you Proko for the course.

Ok that’s it. Did some small final adjustments to this. Now I call this long drawing finished. Had a great time with the course. Thank you, @Stan Prokopenko . Onwards to anatomy! :)

My follow along drawing with the demo

Can i get some advices ? Thank you !!!

Another drawing. This time with conte pencils. Any critiques and comments always appreciated. I think this will my last post for this course.

Hi! I have just finished my Yoni drawing. This was my second attempt. The first time around I was simply unable to apply Stan's measuring technique(s) and I gave up simply thinking I was not yet ready or lacking drawing practice (gesture, anatomy etc). I then started the anatomy course and more particularly the Torso section, which I have not finished yet. After completing the drawing and shading of the torso I thought I'd go back to the Figure Drawing course and have another shot at completing the final drawing so here you go! Any critique will be very welcome. @Stan Prokopenko @Jesper Axelsson. Cheers, Romain

Hi all. Here's my follow along with the demo. I enjoyed the course overall and found the long form demo at the end really helped tie things together. It also really helped demystify the rendering process. I do a lot of sketching in my free time but rarely spend the time to do detailed rendering. I'm open to critique/comments if you have them. It's encouraging to see other people learning so I figured I'd share to keep up the course momentum a bit. If you're here and haven't done a follow along yet. Let me encourage you to do so. It's a lot of fun.

First attempt at figure drawing. I used newsprint and I didn't have charcoal powder so there are some obvious differences there. Any critique is welcome as long as you understand that I have an extremely delicate ego that can be crushed with the slightest bit of negativity. (Joking!)

hi guys... i still dont understand the knee, any advice or critique would welcom

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I finished my long drawing and any critique would be appreciated !

Happy new year friends. Critique and comments welcome also in this year.

this is my attempt. any critique would be appreciated

I really enjoyed this exercise. I didn't have charcoal available and it isn't to scale. Nonetheless what fun!

This was a challenge but I'm glad I took it. It was also super helpful to have Stan's demo to follow, since I don't know much about anatomy yet! One of the most useful things I learned is to try portraying each shape within the body as a 3D shape. I tend to be distracted by contours, so I think this made a big difference for me. Plus I really love Stan's manipulation of the light to make it look like it's glowing on his shoulder. I did this one entirely with graphite pencils because the art stores near me don't carry charcoal powder! (Boooo) So alas, I couldn't get as much of a value range as I could've with charcoal. I was able to superimpose my picture over the reference and Stan's drawing, so I know there are some things that are off about the anatomy and placement of muscles. If you have comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

2021/5/6. Hi everyone. Here's a my daily figure drawing exercise. After fixed the proportions I tried to move on to shading. Still struggling with charcoal... Thanks for any advice or suggestion. Good night.

@Stan Prokopenko please find the attached image of my attempt at sketching yoni. Would appreciate your critic please. ‘’also fellow artists here please do share your feedback on my humble attempt please” regards

Yoni: materials: I tried to use all of the same materials Stan used for his Yoni drawing to reduce inconsistencies but the only local art store (Blick) was out of Arches 88 and the associate informed me the product is being discontinued. Upon the associates recommended alternative I used 22"x30"Stonehenge paper and conte a paris 1710 pencils. I found the value I was getting when putting marks down were coming out darker than Stans and hard to control the variation in value. When Erasing on the paper, it was impossible to take off enough charcoal to get down to the white of the paper and seemed to only erase to certain point and then no more charcoal would come off the paper. Trying to problem solve this I decided it is either user inexperience, the different paper I was using, or the Hard MDF backer behind the paper was not allowing enough give when pressing. After putting a cutting mat in-between the MDF to soften it a bit the problem still occurred so I am not sure if it is user inexperience or the paper type as I have yet to try erasing on Arches 88 still. I think it is likely a combination. So I know there are some spots where the value did not turn out how I would have liked and rather than fight it I moved on. Critiques welcomed, appreciated, and harsh truth encouraged. Thanks