I'm definitely a level 1, but I wanted to give this a try after I watched the "imagination cramps" video. I often refer to my mini-Dachshund as a 'little chef', and it just seemed like the perfect opportunity to try to draw a bit of what I imagined he would wear when watching us in the kitchen. I wish I knew how to draw a chefs coats, but with my limited knowledge this is what I came up with. I found myself smiling when making this, and I really appreciate Stan giving me an opportunity to let my imagination flow! If anyone has feedback, I would only ask to be kind. This was a challenge for me to do, but I had a blast making it!

I wouldn't call my self level 2 at all, but this was the most fun assignment yet. The ref was a komodo dragon, It's not a good likeness :D

I ran out of space while doing this..but I was determined to keep going despite that. I may take another attempt at drawing all 3 of the assignments, but with more of a looser "sketchier" flow like Stan was saying he wanted us to do. It's difficult not to get lost in creating a finished piece. This is a skill that I will for sure practice more. Feedback is always welcome =)

I really didn't want to post this, but I am trying to become more comfortable embracing my mistakes, and being less of a perfectionist. As I said in a prior post, this exercise is one that's difficult for me. I love that Stan has given me the opportunity to "just try things out" and to look at my mistakes and be like "oh, I did some things that could be better, but It also looks kind of like a thing". Anyways, feedback is welcome. I plan on doing this one in particular again, hands are trickier than I thought!

My takeaway from this lesson, is that it's alright to not produce a great drawing when I am doing practice or sketching. I took this challenge as an opportunity to not erase, to see where my lines were initially and to correct where I needed to, and I think that's what Stan was trying to communicate. That it's fine to have loose searching lines when you are working on something like this, and that they can help you learn. Of course, I am not overly pleased with my drawing, and I would love some feedback. But I hope that I got the spirit of the lesson. I can tell that my penguin is a little round in the tummy, and that the right wing could be higher. I am learning, and it's ok to not have a great drawing every single time!

This was more difficult for me than the snail, but for different reasons! I found myself erasing a bit on this and the snail, and I'm not sure if that's alright? Proportion is still a challenge for me, but I am pretty happy with some of the curves I have in here =) I did this over 2 days, so left boot on day one, right boot on day 2. You can for sure see my old lines, I pressed a little too hard during this, but hey, that's the learning process, right? I look forward to getting feedback!

I'm including my first and second attempts. And as always I would appreciate feedback. I feel like on the second attempt my proportions are getting better =) Something I struggled with was the shell. My brain is processing it as much larger than it really is. Something on attempt 2 that I changed was drawing from the plank up, so, a sort of layered approach? I hope that's a good idea, it seemed to work for me