I made a very basic draw over for you with some notes based on the video above. force shape is advanced in his curriculum because it really does depend upon unlearning the way we see (typically flattening and dulling everything down for storage , basic recall info only). The forceful line really is about energy and feeling it. Mike talks about the experience of drawing, that we really have to feel the physicality of it and thinking of these lines as like a rally car taking a tight hairpin and all the force required to make it change direction, before hitting a straight-away where it doesn’t take the same kind of force to accelerate. Happy to help. and check out his youtube. I have a lot to thank Mike for and so am willingly shilling for him here on proko. he does not pay me nor give me discounts. on the contrary. i pay him to let me say this. 🤓😎😉

Hello Mike, I’m out to learn as much as possible to perfect all that I do in art and realize knowing how to draw gesture in the human body and in other species is vital so I look forward to learning from you 😊🙏

Gotta a bring on the blue collar mentality. Roll up your sleeves and make mistakes!

I am not sure how old you are or how many hours you have put into drawing and learning to become better. The most important thing is enjoying the craft. Enjoying the learning. I think when you focus too much on the eventual goal you become impatient and most artist need a lot of hours to make good art. And the better you are at understanding proportions, shapes and figures, the faster you eventually will be. This course will take you in total around 18 months of drawing but it helps if you practice and go back, try out things. Dare to fail and accept you are not perfect. If you never try things out than it will never work. Everybody wants to be really good, but maybe the first objective is to enjoy doing exercises and invent projects. And understand what is needed.

Hi Zach, I'm struggling with the same issues regarding confidence and applying the fundamentals to my own work. I think just going through lessons and practicing is excellent, but it would be even more helpful if we also had a specific goal in mind when we choose to do them. You can make the ball "hittable" by breaking your goals into small steps. For example, you have these goals: a. Draw really good action poses b. Beautiful scenes with people smiling and looking at each other But these goals are quite abstract, so I would ask myself what I need specifically to achieve these goals. - What are "good" action poses?  Do I want to draw anatomically convincing, dynamic poses with good composition? etc. How about I draw 5 - 10 quick action poses every day for a week? - What do I need to learn to draw "beautiful" scenes?  Do I need to learn how to draw the environment and facial anatomy? Do I want to achieve this through painting or inking? Do I need to learn Color theory too? Maybe I can try to take one lesson on the topic each day? Since all of the lessons on these platforms have a very structured approach, you would probably find courses and classes that fit every need. Try drawing your subject, evaluate it, work on any skill you need to strengthen and repeat the process. Eventually, you will become able to draw what you mentioned as your goal :) I assume you are already doing it, but keep at it and you will be there.