Hey, that's a totally valid feeling! Different materials work for different people, with a lot of people especially resonating with physical and traditional media over digital for the exact reason you mentioned. In that case, I definitely recommend you experiment and have fun with all sorts of different tools, from pencil to crayon to watercolor and charcoal. Trying out the variety of physical media is a great tactile experience that really makes the learning process fun, and lots of people end up finding that they gravitate towards the personality of one or two tools in particular. That, alongside practicing the fundamentals found in the course, can really strengthen you as an artist. You've got some great sketches already, keep up the good practice! :)

Nicely done! It's very well simplified, though keep an eye out for more straight and simple C lines as you progress further, it can help avoid overcomplicating some S curves down the line.

Woah! Love the dedication! I also appreciate the transitional line weight shifting the heavy outline towards the lighter section, as I feel that really adds depth to the whole piece. Overall it feels very well grouped, even with all the details incorporated. I might suggest a final heavier line for the center group of flowers to really make it pop and provide a focal point, like in the original image, but it's really a matter of personal preference. Good work!

Great start! Love seeing all the breakdowns of the shapes with cross contours indicating the perspective. For the feet, a shape I like to think about is a wedge, like a triangular piece of cheese. Having a solid flat base for the sole of the feet, but still having that slope at the top, really helps me picture the perspective needed to ground the shape properly. Give it a try! :)

Lots of great stuff here -- from the energy to twisting to squash and stretch. Keep up the great work! Just watch out with the head proportion, there's a creeping tendency to make it smaller in relation to the rest of the body. Check out the proportion section of the figure course for some great references to use while in the middle of a drawing session: Human Proportions – Average Figure.

Something that helps with proportions is comparing what aligns vertically/horizontally with a selected point on the image, like for example, the edge of the nose on the right aligns vertically with the inner corner of the eye on the right in the portrait photograph. Checking alignments like these help keep proportions more closely tied to the original, though this course will cover the lesson more in depth later on. Another tip is to draw the outlines for the values very lightly, so that the values themselves can define the shape edges and cover up the light lines. That way, without the harsher outlines visible, the drawing will have more three-dimensionality and you will be able to assess the value read better. Keep up the good work, I hope this helps!

Keep at it! I think you've got some nice stretch and squash in your practices, though I recommend trying out different pose variations, like a sideways curve instead of just front and back. You're definitely on the right track though, you've got this!