I actually stressed out a bit too much when starting the 25 minutes one, so I ended up finishing it in 20 minutes instead and used the 5 minutes extra to reshape the untimed one ^^ I used a 2H to sketch the contour, and shade with HB for the light area, 2B for the shadow area of the sphere and 6B for the cast & occlusion shadow. The most difficult for me was (obviously the perfect circle shape, first, and) the hatching in the light area. I don't know if it's because my HB pencil is a different brand from the others or if it's because it's a lighter area and my hand tends to be a bit heavy sometimes.

I tried the 2 minute rhythm gesture exercise. I started on paper but ended doing it digitally to avoid wasting paper. It is really difficult for me to understand how to catch the rhythm, I was copying what Stan was doing on the demo video but couldn't apply that on the exercise with other pictures. If someone can help me understand, or giving any advice on how to catch the rhythm or any critiques, it would be wonderful! Thank you <3

My level 1 attempt! I would love some critiques :)