I am in the intuitive Perspective part of the lesson, and I find it so well written, with the best exercises I've done in a long time. I had been trying to understand perspective since 2017, and while I could plot decently accurate buildings, streets, dungeons and the like, if I let go of all the plotting I failed horribly. For the first time in 7 years, those lessons allowed me to be able to use use perspective with only a few faint lines. And it worked, and I felt I was able to sketch simple objects with light lines, draw them, carve them, extend them. It felt great, I finally felt happy drawing. And then, I decided to try it on my own to see progress and....cylinders....ooh boy...I have made close to 820 cylinders for warm-up over the last year. Around half with a box (they come up decent to good), and the others freehand (they scream for the sweet release of recycling the paper). Is there any exercise that can help me with cylinders, except freehanding them? If 400 attempts (with corrections on top) did not give me intuition, I am scared another 400 won't. They are driving me crazy, and they have been killing all my efforts to learn the parts I truly care about, designing 3d creatures and people. I just can't get them....I don't want to draw a box every time I need to place a cylinder, it's exhausting. I know the theory, taller and skinier ellipse close, smaller and rounder ellipse further up, difference between degrees denotes how dramatically the cylinder turns , and in general it's rare to be too dramatic (usually dramatic ellipse difference is for extremely large objects or certain objects viewed too close). But, when it comes to practice, all of that goes out of the window.

Strangely had fun with the cybercar. I am still horrible at them, even if they are blocky, but I took my time (around 6 hours) and managed to make it half decent. The loaf of bread, I could not for the life of me to make it look like bread. But, to be honest, the desk I just finished as quickly as possible, as I have to leave for work now and won't be online at all tomorrow. At least, it's a minor victory.

Week 3 was the hardest. I did all of these from Saturday morning to Sunday evening, with only breaks for sleep and food. I wanted to quit, but managed to press on. Used undersketches A LOT, expect the collisseum. I don't like the action figure, the throne and the windmill, but it's what it is. Noted down my weaknesses, and moving on.

Second week, the camera was challenging, and the chessboard was extremely challenging. Had a lot fun with the ship and the castle, and I used the tricks from the beginner's course on the space suit. But it was a tough week, most days I only had 2-3 free hours, and as such only the castle was painted. From this week on, I did a lot of free-hand undersketches, as I did not have the time to plot ALL VPs.

First week, only the Fire Hydrant was frustrating (and the car, omg that toy car), I had a lot of free time and had a lot of fun. I even painted a few pictures, and I had high hopes this would be a great month. Since I had a lot of time, I did sketches of these items, and then returned to them from memory. Most came out quite well, but the toy car was horrible. I couldn't remember it even after many tries, but I left it there to show my weaknesses going on.

I tried to draw a red panda from my imagination, using elements from a couple of different reference photos. It didn't really turn out like I wanted and I feel like I had a lot of trouble with perspective and the proportions.

My pre-demo attempt at the snail and camel, as well as 2 additional references I chose. I decided to try this project digitally, and I feel mostly happy with the results. If I could go back I would take a different approach to the snail and camel. I was over thinking them and as a result they turned out a bit more Shakey. All feedback is appreciated! :)

ive been trying to learn anatomy for a while so i used the seal reference video proko showed and ngl for someone who is ass at drawing i think the last 3 turned out ok enough.