I have purchased the course by Jon Neimeiste spins by Wacom and I was disappointed. My first attempt to open the lesson after purchasing . failed because all the lessons are locked sending me back to purchase the course. So I wrote to Katey Jensma for help. I got the answer that I have to log in and the link to the page. I follow the instruction and the link brought me back asking me to buy the course The circle is closed. Please help me how can I log in and see the lessons unlocked.

Enjoyed this assignment. Was able to keep to the layer structure until about the final 15-20% then I found it easier to just copy all and merge then do final paint.

I enjoyed this one. Found that is was easier to look at a b/w version of source photo. If I were to self evaluate, I'd say that I need to check the perspective of the head/face. Also I might soften the brush strokes on the collar next time around. Open to any feedback. Thank you.

I have a lot to say but I'll try to keep it short. Overall though, this painting felt really good. I see countless visual flaws on top of the series of technical mistakes I made along the way but regardless of that, this is the first time I've ever been able to link up so well with my digital tools and that was a great feeling after close to a year of struggling with it. Past that, my goal for this painting was to focus mainly on my rendering, I completely ignored everything else, including composition, which makes the focus point of it a bit fuzzy. I also kept it simple and stuck to the round hard and soft brushes, sparsely using the double sided. I struggled mainly with the semi-transparent glove and even more with the rendering of the metal, which was surprising, I assumed that would be the easy/fun part. I ended up simplifying a lot of those details because they were giving me so much trouble. I would appreciate advice on how to properly approach those. Another issue I had was the amount of time I was enthusiastic to work. Throughout these paintings, I feel like a week of working on it consistently for a couple hours is the most I can give and past that I start trudging through it, dragging my feet. It's not that I don't like painting, it's like the painting itself becomes a bit stale. I'm almost certain that it has to do with the number of mistakes I'm constantly making which makes the painting almost seem like a chore by the end, but I'd love to hear other opinions on this. In the meanwhile, it seems that we have a bit more time so I'll be starting another one but, I feel like this is a good step up from my initial paintings, I would love to hear everyone's thoughts and critique. Till next time, have wonderful day!

Excited to be studying with you again Jon!