Drawing Basics

Pls add subtitles in Portuguese (pt-br)

The beginner drawing course mentions reference photos “below.” I’m not seeing a link for those. I found the library for reference photos in “tools,” however those do not look like they belong in the intro to drawing course

Will proportions and measurement be part of this course?

@Proko Hi, Will there be projects related to shading sculptures and drapery in this course? I hope so, all the lessons are very useful and I have made a lot of progress in terms of understanding and line quality, now the most ‏ difficult part in drawing is shading. (Shadow & light).🥲🔥⚡️great course Stan ❤️

Hello i would like to get feedback/critique from my two pear drawings, i just got a charcoal pencil and decided to do some assignments. Feel free and thanks for those who give feedback, i would like to hear your thoughts.

Values are very important. This lesson helped me to make this drawing.

I tried making the highlights pop by making the surrounding area a slightly more shaded in color, but i feel like it looks odd. Can't tell where I went wrong but any advice is appreciated 🥲

I did take the video guide, kinda rushed it in the end I have hopes of getting better

My pear after watching Stan draw it. I’m not thrilled but I guess it’s part if it. Let’s do this!

Pear

I watched the video on pencil grip but I was curious if I should be trying to practice drawing without resting my hand on the paper so that the only point of contact is the pencil? Is it okay to rest part of my hand on the paper to help stabilize? Or am I overthinking this and I should just do whatever works for me?

ill get better

I am in the intuitive Perspective part of the lesson, and I find it so well written, with the best exercises I've done in a long time. I had been trying to understand perspective since 2017, and while I could plot decently accurate buildings, streets, dungeons and the like, if I let go of all the plotting I failed horribly. For the first time in 7 years, those lessons allowed me to be able to use use perspective with only a few faint lines. And it worked, and I felt I was able to sketch simple objects with light lines, draw them, carve them, extend them. It felt great, I finally felt happy drawing. And then, I decided to try it on my own to see progress and....cylinders....ooh boy...I have made close to 820 cylinders for warm-up over the last year. Around half with a box (they come up decent to good), and the others freehand (they scream for the sweet release of recycling the paper). Is there any exercise that can help me with cylinders, except freehanding them? If 400 attempts (with corrections on top) did not give me intuition, I am scared another 400 won't. They are driving me crazy, and they have been killing all my efforts to learn the parts I truly care about, designing 3d creatures and people. I just can't get them....I don't want to draw a box every time I need to place a cylinder, it's exhausting. I know the theory, taller and skinier ellipse close, smaller and rounder ellipse further up, difference between degrees denotes how dramatically the cylinder turns , and in general it's rare to be too dramatic (usually dramatic ellipse difference is for extremely large objects or certain objects viewed too close). But, when it comes to practice, all of that goes out of the window.

My first pear, let me know what you think! Appreciate any feedback :)

Pear

My first try! Feedback appreciated

Practice drawing from life, gingers and snail

I’d love feedback

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