This time I tried for actual shapes instead of just gestural lines. This definitely takes actual practice to get my hand to go where my mind wants it to go.

I learned a lot on this one - still trying to get my "color vision" established. Coming from using Procreate most of this was primarily trying to understand the details of photoshop iPad vs desktop (not all features were available on the iPad). There were many places in my layer structure that made it easier or harder to colorize - things to keep in mind for the next painting. I know there are some nasty transitions and overlaps but I'd rather do better on the next painting rather than spend the rest of my life working on this one.

It was harder than I thought to get started but then I felt like I found my groove. so after watching the demo (after posting these) I realize I should have been trying to design shapes not just focusing on the gesture lines.

I didn’t think I was particularly imaginative on this one but here it is.

this was a great exercise to try to get colors right. I’ve definitely got room for improvement but I’m happy I got as close as I did.

I found that overlay was my best friend for adding color. I don’t quite have the knack for the other modes yet but I’ll keep practicing.

Oof. That was hard. It took me along time - mostly because every time I sat down to draw I found myself measuring a whole bunch just to draw a mark that didn’t seem quite right - repeat, repeat, repeat. I even brought this into photoshop and overlaid the images to do a little self-critique - still not great. This literally took me days - it was getting hard to want to do this particular exercise. I’m posting this now before I rage-quit. I’m not particularly happy with the result but i did take some solace in the fact that my phone camera recognized the drawing as a face ;) I look forward to learning and practicing more so I can look back on this project and hopefully say “remember when I thought this was so hard I just wanted to give up? Glad I didn’t!“

Proportions assignment. It looks so easy - then I try it for myself and realize I need a lot of practice to get that level of confidence.

Even though my results were a little disturbing I had a good time with this exercise.

I’m really surprised I got the colors as close as I did - this is really the first time I’ve ever tried anything like this. I was intimidated by the glass sphere initially but it was easier once I just looked at the colors and shapes instead of thinking that it’s glass.