I recently realized that I hadn't drawn in over a year and when I tried to get back into it I was struck with a major art block and was unsatisfied with anything I did. So, here I am, starting at the beginning again and hoping that it might help me feel inspired again. To restart my art journey I decided to start with a simple pear from the drawing basics course. Any critiques are appreciated.

Okay, what I was doing up until now was trying to draw a horse the way the masters do- from scratch. Fast, confident a few hand movements and boom, the horse is there. I completely underestimated the hard work behind getting to that level. And me not having it! I did not even see horse live! Or have not drawn them ever. So what was I thinking?! Lack of experiences lack of time yet huge ambitions= great disappointment and it did happen. I was not happy result at all! The result? Rushing. Expecting a cool outcome. So I told myself: nothing good will come out of doing it like this. Instead, I changed my approach. I painted a wall, then went on my bike to pick up some things in the city while thinking about how a horse’s head actually works. When I came back to the atelier, refreshed, I slowly started breaking the horse skull down into simple shapes I could remember and reconstruct anytime I want. I interrupted my process after each period of deep focus to clear my mind again, and over time I developed a roadmap for how to construct a horse on paper. I’d like to share the process of my work in this short GIF, to give you an idea of what the journey can look like — the kind of process that eventually leads you to drawing the horse you want. I hope it inspires people to improve their drawing, plan better, and do some useful things between drawing sessions… and, in the end, to add a new skill to an actual skillset👍

I am struggling to see what I'm supposed to express. Looking at other pears, I see I am trying to do too much finite detail. Any advice? I'm not going to stop trying. I think I'll try to redo it. Would appreciate any guidance. Thanks!

Hey guys, I’m considering purchasing one of the figure drawing courses and I’m trying to decide between Stan’s and Michael Hampton’s. I prefer follow along exercises rather than just informative concepts. What’s the difference and which do you suggest? Also is it necessary to do Stan’s beginner drawing course prior to jumping into the figure drawing course? I’ve already been drawing for a while but I don’t have much formal training. Thanks!

When I paint natural landscapes, I often imagine what it would feel like to lie on the grass, wrapped in sunlight. Probably pretty relaxing, right? For this piece, I experimented with some interesting brush textures and even hid a little animal in the scene

First attempt, I haven’t watched the tutorial yet. Complete newbie and pretty happy with how it turned out. I expected the result to be so bad I’d quit the course once this was done 😂 (I will be continuing 👍). please feel free to provide constructive criticism. I believe I missed a value (using just an HB pencil as a beginner was pretty challenging). I should have filled in the values using a more controlled approach (not just shade everywhere but use the carved out of stone plates as a reference). if I use any terminology incorrect my apologies, have a great day!

Hi, I have an issue about these two value-group studies. Usually, there are two ways to approach them. The first is the Notan approach, where you contrast objects with dark local colors against those with light local colors. The second is the Chiaroscuro approach—light versus dark. But sometimes it feels impossible to choose just one for a single composition because, for example, in a Chiaroscuro two-value study, the shadow on an object with a light local color can’t be grouped into the dark family, even though it belongs to the shadow family.

Hi all. I tried to draw a persimmon. Not sure why we need to do angles, but I worked on shading values and just seeing my fruit. Challenging to size things correctly. Will be watching Proko's next video on his technique. Trying to remember to have fun and not stress.

Hello, im 16 years old and have been drawing pretty consistently (like at least 10 hours a week) for the last 7 years. Ive learnt everything through youtube - proko - and using a couple books like bridgemans constructive anatomy and steve hustons figure drawing books. These have been super helpful but i feel like im missing out on critiques from professionals and more experienced artists. So if anyones willing, id love some critiques and advice on my work Thanks so much:)) - the drawings i attached are a mix of longer drawings and jsut some pages from my sketchbook that i like

Hello all! I drew this Guava for my first drawing exercise. I'd really appreciate your constructive feedback on this one! Just a note, the reference image isn't illuminated as seen here.

Wanted to keep proportions but this one eate too many fish ;). I will be grateful for any feedback :)

My first attept from sketching from observation. I had intention to sketch big shapes first and then details but I found out that I needed some details to have point of references for proportions of big shapes. I need to practice more the sketching. I will be grateful for any feedback :)

Okay, I’ve never drawn horses before, and for my upcoming project I have to draw a rider on a horse for a flyer. I started studying horse anatomy about two weeks ago, and I’ve completely fallen in love with horses—what beautiful, loyal, and brave creatures they are. Listening to tavern music and learning to draw horses has been the best part of my days lately, but that still hasn’t guaranteed success or spared me from frustration. I’ve made a lot of bad drawings. Now I’ve gotten to this point… still not quite there yet. Any horse lovers or art lovers, please give me some feedback. Thank you.

OK, I went into my garden and picked a lemon to draw. In hindsight, I should have used the pear photo in the lesson. I found 'simplifying' the lemon with straight lines challenging. But I had a go and for my very first drawing (aside from childhood painting and drawing, of course) it's not TOO dreadful. Not great either. LOL! The shape is definitely off and I couldn't make the stem indentation look right. But I'll learn, I'm sure.

Hey legends, I just recently did the lesson with the mushrooms as the warm up exercise and i think it's awesome. It does exactly what Stan suggests and i was looking for some other ones. Do you have any? I was thinking random lines on the pages, like long squiggles, and then trying to turn them into long tubes, and then turning that into tree branches (not attached to trees or rendered, to still keep it simple and as a warm up exercise). If i can think of any and start incorporating them into my routine i'll come back here and post a page as an example. Cheers.

What do you think, any tips

Here's my first, second, and fourth attempt at the pear drawing. Last one is from the alternate reference picture. I almost feel like the second one I did was the best, did I regress on the third image? Lol. PS I borrowed the background rectangle idea in image three from somebody's work in the critique video.

Hi, a couple of weeks ago I drew this portrait of my wife from a photo I took earlier. I'd like to read some feedback on the drawing. Today I was wondering how I couldn't see that the reflected light under her chin is too light and the cast shadow on the left of her nose is too dark. But maybe it's because the artist is always his own harshest critic. Let me know what you think.

Hello, Looking for some feedback on this drawing and how to improve the shadow mapping. all input welcomed.

This is my very first attempt at Project #1. Clearly, lol, I am starting at level 1. And do not have much experience at all. I am not so much looking for feedback, however it is welcome! I am not looking for it because I know it is terrible. I just don't really know how to make it better. But I wanted to share it because normally I never ever would and I want to do these lesson and this course right.