I struggled so much with the pencil measuring method, so at the end I gave up (for now) and moved on to the eyeballing proportions instead. I think that was easier by drawing and erasing until it started to look right.

This is my giraffe version of the project

This is my level 1. I think I used to many shapes, and my shapes ended up not interesting and cool, but it was fun!

Two more attempts to sketch from imagination. I think it is getting better, but I am struggling to get the elephants proportions to look right.

I found a beautiful drawing by Andrew Loomis, and in my mind I thought it was a good choice for a study, but clearly it was way to difficult for me at this level. So I really do need this course.

Old Shoe. My first version I did with a red pencil, but I think the pencil is to soft because it would not stay sharp. My second version with a HB pencil I think is better, but I still think my lines look messy

This is my Before demo version

I made several small sketches and ended up with this idea.

I tried to make a funny Gold Fish, but I think my lines are not good enough yet

After several attempts that looked terrible, I watched the demo yesterday. Today I tried again without looking at the demo, and I think my sketch is slowly getting better.