First pear was before the demo, second one is after watching the demo and taking some notes. I haven't watched the demo for the portrait yet, but I already noticed that my proportions are off. Overall it was really challenging but I enjoyed the process and learned a lot :). Any feedback is appreciated.

Hi everyone! I finally got time to get started in the course. I was waiting a bit so when I start I can be constant. I know it's late but I want to share what I do as a non experience beginner and hopefully see some progress with time.. Here the pear 1 before watching the demo. When I put them side by side I can already see soooo many mistakes..

My first pear attempt vs. following along with Stan’s demo - I feel like I’ve learned a lot, I definitely didn’t simplify enough at the beginning. Looking forward to watching the pear critique video and attempting the remaining pears :)

First try before seeing demo, and another try after demo. Not feeling very confident. The awful critic in my head won’t shut up.

I've been drawing on and off since i was a kid, always self-teaching and just flying by the seat of my pants, and never really got any proper instruction, which really bogged down my passion for art by not being able to execute on ideas, or at least not without spending a ridiculous amount of time on it self-correcting mistakes i just don't seem to know how not to make in the first place. I'm 26 now, and feel like I've built a lot of bad habits by never really practicing basic fundamentals, so I'm starting from scratch with this course. Going through my supplies, I picked a cheap A3 sketchbook and I'll probably stick with the Arteza Graphite Pencils, because my fancier stuff doesn't work well on the cheaper paper, and I don't want to be precious about supplies when I'm supposed to just be learning. Starting the pear assignment tomorrow, wish me luck!