While doing and watching this exercise, a doubt arose in me. When you go over a line several times, do you press only in one direction or in both? For example, if you made a horizontal line and you passed the pencil from left to right, do you draw only when the pencil goes in that direction or also when it goes back from right to left.

Hand and Penguin before watching demo. I definitely have a hard time getting into that sketch mindset. I keep defaulting to contours, since I still don't quite understand yet.

First attempt before watching any of the videos. I think the Penguin turned out the worst, it looks like some kind of penguin-eagle hybrid. Head/beak should be smaller and I didn't capture the pose well at all. Pretty happy with the shape of the hand. For the robot I really tried to focus on capturing the motion and leaning back posture and I think I did ok. Any feedback would be welcome.

I tried again after watching the video, giving myself much more freedom to make lines everywhere. I tried to draw some cats this time to switch things up a bit.

I really enjoyed this exercise :) After watching the critique i tried to "catch the energy"

Back after a long break. From left to right are the ones done before watching the demo then the ones done after. Still shaking off some rust so let me know any thoughts on improvement.

After my attempt on drawing the "spider hand" reference, I got motivated to try drawing a foot. Here is my attempt. Honestly, this was hard for me because I wanted the proportions to come out good, especially the toes. What do you guys think?

Here is my spider hand attempt. I look this image because it reminds me of Spiderman. The left one is before the demo and the right image is after watching the demo. After watching Stan attempt drawing the spider hand, I think I am starting to get an idea how to sketch. The contour lines definitely helped me feel the image or drawing more 3D. What do you guys think?

Before and after the demo. I feel like I thought I was trying to be free but after watching the video I realized how much more loose I can be. I was focusing too much on making it clean in the first attempt.

The left image is before watching the demo and the right image is after. I notice tons of mistakes that I did on the first attempt. I was committing to every line drawing every detail. I did not map it out first and just went full in. After watching the demo, I understood where I went wrong and I did it again after taking some notes. What do you guys think?

Having a difficult time with loosening up and making actual sketch lines. Any advice on how to get more into that mindset?

GUYS! who wanna be my friend with some feedback?

The idea of being loose with lines is too foreign to me at the moment My initial attempts before the demo are failing to do so, it kinda looks good but that's because I was worry about proportions, positioning, etc. I didn't "find" the shapes by sketching them. It is super hard to switch my mind into that mode. I am also worry that I am excusing my poor lines/drawings by saying "I am being loose and sketching", "I am not worry about the final product", etc I don't know - the idea hasn't click on my mind yet

After watching this I realize that I'm not sketching I'm copying the image and I need to try again.

Hard to use csi lines with tapered strokes.its kinda wobbly

I've completed the 3 observation practices with focus on using my entire arm and turning the canvas often to do so. Tried to find the rhythm between parts of the image where I could. I've found this both challenging and fun even though I struggle on occasion.

it was really hard for me to remember to us csi lines especially for bigger strokes

I practiced sketching a few times and my robot girl ended up being the best out of the three. Hands are hard to draw and I struggled with the penguin. I watched the advanced lesson and ended up drawing a mantis. I have to keep telling myself that I am just starting out and it's okay that my drawings are not good yet. Also, if anyone is reading this, Stan has a podcast called Draftsmen and a video at the end of this course from his podcast that really helped me. I wish I would have watched the video first before starting the course because he touches on all the feelings/issues you go through when starting out. Great content!

VR girl after demo.

Spider hand after watch demo. I tried to capture the rhythm of the hand, I had problems with the middle fingers when grouping them. But happy, I never usually make hands