Not sure if I did the assignment correctly. He said to use tapered and energetic strokes, but I kinda feel like I'm only able to do that with long strokes where I can use my whole arm.

Drawing of the day, took approximately an hour!

I missed the part about filling a whole page each day, and I think I draw too small. So I've tried to draw bigger. Also I realized that I need to properly look at my own drawing and analyze whether the proportions are correct. Was too focused on the lines with the piano chair (from 1/1-24) so it turned out wildly disproportionate. I tried keeping that in mind later on, for example when I was drawing the electrical socket (from 21/1-24) I didn't just wing it as I normally do but actively reminded myself "this is a SQUARE" and looked at my drawing as a whole to judge whether it was actually had the proportions of a square or a rectangle. This feels like a basic concept, but I don't think I ever realized that drawing involved so much observation and analysis? I thought it was more about just having an innate sense....

Re-did the snail after the demo & criqitue videos. Before-snail (w/o date) and after-snail (25/1-24). Things I did differently this time: - Started with a rough outline of the whole snail. - Gave more thought to whether a straight line or curved line was better suited for certain lines. - Broke up lines that I felt were too difficult to execute well in one stroke. - I tried to not make every curve identical and perfectly symmetrical.

This was surprisingly difficult, but I think I've improved a lot! The first mushrooms I drew were very lopsided and just... didn't connect? I still have some trouble varying the pressure.

Did a second attempt after watching the demo. I'm having difficulties making the shade and dark half-tone not appear as though they're the same value. I feel as if when I fill in the shade more, it becomes almost indistinguishable from the darker shade. But when I fill in the darker shade more, it begins looking very spotty and uneven.

First attempt! I was uncertain on how detailed I was supposed to be and ended up not being detailed enough. I just watched the demo and have written down a lot of pointers on what I can improve for my next attempt. Very excited to give this another go!