Hi, really excited to start the drawing basics course! Had a lot of fun so I drew all of them. I am not a new artist but I am struggling with my fundamentals so feedback is very much appreciated!

I drew a pear in pencil and digitally. I really struggled, to be honest. I was surprised at how difficult I found this. Simplification truly is not simple at all. I'm not super happy with the result, but I guess that's a pretty normal feeling too. Things were drawn, and despite the struggle I did have fun :) I also learned some new things about the digital process (using Infinite Painter on a tablet), and I'm excited to watch Stan's demo and give the assignment another go. If I decide to come back to this assignment, can I post my future attempts again, or is that not really how it works?

*HOT TAKES ONLY* Do you draw on the front and back of your sketchbook pages or just the right side?

Hello - the tools I'll be using for this course are the Wacom One Display and Clip Studio Paint. I'll be using the brushes in my Sub Tool box called "Main". I dabbled with the Darker Pencil, Mechanical Pencil, and a kneaded eraser to doodle while paying attention to how they feel with medium and low stabilization. I look forward to improving my drawing skills during this course and giving and receiving constructive feedback :)

First course assignment! Just putting some graphite to paper. The physical act of collecting all my pencils and sharpening them was really soothing. I was surprised to see that the HB pencil was a little darker than the B pencil (but that's probably due to them being made by different manufacturers, or is it supposed to be like that?). Also: my scanner isn't great, so I added the same page with some boosted black levels. Either one doesn't really come close to the actual values on the page, so I might try some digital tools for projects I'll be posting in this course as well. Nice to meet all of you, and I look forward to studying drawing basics together :)