Second attempt at 5 value portrait 3x5 with markers. Sketch start with lightest marker, no pencil. Proportion issues.

The first one without Proko, the second one with Proko 😅 (still some proportion issues, I struggled with the eyes)

Please I need some critics.

how do I upload my drawing for critique?

First attempt was a lot of guessing around with shapes. My second attempt was with the demo.

Probably not the best paper

Second 5 value portrait exercise. Graphite line sketch to start. Blocked in shadow side and lighter darks completely, then went to darker darks. Turned attention to lighted side and blocked in lightest value, isolating highlights. Then looked for the darker lighted side values. No blending, measuring only by eye. Somewhat of a proportion issue (head a little long relative to width). Felt I lost position of the mouth and lips… too far to the right. Did not actually see the structural issue until I was done! Will try some 5 value Copic neutral gray thumbnails.

Keeping a hold the same value is hard

My newest project

Secound pass after watching the demo.

When I was in my first trial of the portrait project, I almost got lost to find shapes. But, after the Demo, it became much easier for me to find shapes! The left one is my first trial, and the right one is after the Demo.

Before the video, I still think there are too many shapes, but I hope I'll get there with more exercises.

First try. The proportions are off and I only used two pencils (4B and HB). Had fun tho. I'll try again tomorrow!

Hi everyone, I have no background in art and trying ma best to learn how to draw. I love this course and want to try posting my progress. One is a try with my cat, the other one is my last study, the attempt in the portrait (I really don’t know how to draw a face). Every advice is well accepted. Thank u all!!

This is my before and after the demo. I feel like it’s a big improvement. I took a lot longer on proportions, still think they were slightly off. Really enjoyed this project

I think I struggle a lot with line quality (searching/sketchy lines when figuring out proportions) - doing the sharp angles/stylized version was hard 😝 - before tutorial and with tutorial:

This was my first-ever attempt at a portrait from observation. Listening to the demo and critique videos but have embarrassingly missed the requirement for using five values only. Still, I stuck to the straight likes requirement and "no looking at demo beforehand" recommendation. The drawing was done with a 6B pencil on a 12.5cm x 7.5cm card. I gave myself ~ one hour to complete it as a personal challenge.

I like how Proko’s Value Study tool simplified the values of this image. Midtones and shadow shapes are all big and simple! https://www.proko.com/values