Second try

Hey everyone! 😊 I'm excited to be here and to dive into this field! I'd love to hear your feedback and any tips you might have. Thank you!

Moved on from pears and attempted a face for the first time! I haven't yet watched the demo/critique, but I think I didn't do too too bad. Struggled with knowing how much detail to put/give up, especially with the hair and eyes. I'll watch the demo and critique tomorrow and apply what I learned to a new reference image.

Complete noob but tried really hard so hopefully it turned out half decent hahaha. Any tips on areas to improve would be great.

I have some experience drawing mostly by following along with Drawabox up to Chapter 5. I haven't drawn in a couple of years so I started my re-introduction by doing both the Level 1 and Level 2 simplifications Looking back I was overthinking the simplification on the first 2 pears and then completely missed the mark on the 3rd pear where I tried imagining planes instead of shadow patterns. After the 3rd pear I realized my mistakes and feel I got a better grasp of the concept for the portrait

My first day of doing this. Any feedback would be great.

My first time attempting this sort of thing, it was very insightful with how I can break this down. It was a little bit difficult to establish a distinction between some of the values for me, but I think it turned out pretty decent. Any feedback/critique on this would be appreciated.

I can certainly see an improvement. And, best of all, I had fun! On the third try, I wish I had my values a bit further apart, but still trying to master pencil pressure and control.

Third day drawing. First attempt as well. These videos are genuinely great at gauging where I am and where to improve.

Welp, we all start somewhere. Wasn't particularly happy with my first attempt so I watched the demo and the critiques, grabbed a different reference (so I didn't copy), and had another go. A little more pleased with the result this time, however it's still scrappy, and some of the construction is off. I made myself slow down a lot, but I think I need to gooooo slooooower. Struggled with getting a consistent tone in the lights without having there be gaps between the lines or the lights becoming too dark. Need to work on that.

Been drawing for 11 days now, really have enjoyed the videos so far. This is my first attempt at simplifying the pear. I'm not exactly sure why I made the shadow so pointy lol.

I attempted the project with the first pear image, watched the demo, and then attempted the project again—this time with the second pear image! All I've got so far in the way of materials is my mechanical pencil, eraser, and sketchbook, but I'm hoping to get more pencils so I can better shade. For this, I found that I struggled with the dark half-tone as it felt like it was already too dark and that darkening it even more would make it hard to differentiate against the shadow. At the same time, however, it seemed too light against the lighter half-tone... not sure if I'm just overthinking it though? Maybe it seems fine as is? I thought that maybe I made the lighter half-tone too dark and that was why I was having difficulties, but as it is, I also struggle to differentiate between it and the highlights. Towards the end, I realized that I made the dark accent in the pear's shadow take over more of the space than it should have. The top right of it should have more of the second darkest value. I'll continue to work on training my eye to see the different values! Edit: forgot to say, but I completely forgot to draw the blemishes on the pear, whoops!

First attempt - using my sketchbook limits space!

It has been a very long since I last did drawing or anything remotely similar so doing this course from the beginning has been incredibly helpful! I do think I have gone a little too heavy handed with the shading and I believe I got tripped up from the white background - there's a lot to eventually revisit once I understand more on simplifying shapes

So here is my first assignment - just to give an idea where I am at, I used to draw fairly often up to high school but have had no proper training and only rarely draw these days Some things I am fairly happy with (the general shape), but I am sad the darker shades became muddled as I kept adding layers....I guess the good thing is, I already could identify specific areas I will need to work even harder on XD

thought id drop these here just cause, any help is appreciated! :D

This was really difficult. I need to improve my cognitive skills as well as my pencil skills. Looking forward to learning more.

Here is my first submission. I struggled with this more than I anticipated. However, after several attempts and taking notes, I have completed a submission for this project. Any feedback is welcome! <3 (Disclaimer: I am recovering from a repetitive strain injury in my wrists, which made it challenging to control the pressure of my pencil.)

Here is my very first attempt at the level 1 pear. I know that the proportions are off but let's just say that i added gesture to it.