Here's a thought that I wanted to share with you beautiful people. For me as a beginner, the most crucial mistake that I catch myself making all the time, is not differentiating between observation and interpretation. I will look at a picture of a face and see "Yep, that's a face". And then I will look down on my sheet of paper and try to draw what I think a face looks like. That's interpretation, not observation. It is very human to think that way. We look at 10 different people and each time instantly recognize them as people. And it is important that we have that skill. Otherwise, every time we looked at a person we don’t know, we wouldn’t know what we are looking at. But I think, when learning how to draw, that is exactly what we want to do. Some time ago I took a course in coaching at university and I learned that, in order to really understand the person you are listening to, you have to listen to them like you don’t know anything about the concepts that they are talking about. I think the same applies when studying a subject for drawing. In order to really understand the face that I’m trying to draw, I have to forget everything about what I think a face looks like. Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong. I would love to hear your thoughts :)