Hi Ben, Awesome course, is it me or is the audio of this chapter “Refining Values and Blocking in Skin” very soft, and there is a music track underneath that is louder then you explaining.

My birthday is september 7th it would be AWESOME if someone bought this for me.

Figure Drawing can be intimidating at first. I felt frustration too at the beginnning and still it is a big topic. For what to learn frst I cannot give you an advice. Here is my approach. I try gesture drawing with different media and try to keep this too academic poses. Not so much complicated angles and clothing. I see this more as warm up or like playing computer games. I set timer (1min, 5 min mostly) and try to capture what I say not so much caring if it looks good. Just feeling comfortable and getting a recognizable result. Learning anatomy is also a part of figure drawing but here I get into a different mindset. I hope my thoughts help you overcome frustration. Staying motivated is the most important thing and stay patient.

2 min sketches. I hate every inch of every sketch. They are lifeless and boring and I feel stuck here 😭😭😭

Using now some ink marker

I turned off the timer. Just wanted to experiment with alcohol marker

This bundle is amazing

Trying to do some "Force" Drawing. But I really feels so uncomfortable on this. It stills keeps a mystery box for me