[Christopher]

Hi Bryan,

I really like that you can see a constant improvement in your work. I really wish I also could give you more suggestions but at least I can visit your thread from time to time and remember you about how fascinating it is to see how you progress while learning so many things at once 👋

[Christopher]

Hey Aj,

I really think the Master studies paid off. Your values and overall shading got alot better. 👍👋

[Christopher]

Hi Jaylene,

I’m so sorry that I haven’t seen your post about your car accident but I’m glad you are ok.

I’m also impressed about the mileage you achieved since my last comment. I also just started the beginning head drawing course and I can’t wait to compare and see how the course will improve your work 👋

[Christopher]

Hi Deborah,

even if I followed your thread regularly I’m glad to have some time again to leave a comment.

As I said before I like how you work on implementing structure and after your skull studies I’m curious to see how that will affect your portraits 👋

[Christopher]

@Joshua Jacobo

Yeah realizing that is pretty frustrating but at least my goals for the challenge weren’t “wrong” just my learning approach was.

Thank you for your time and I’ll definitely try to implement your suggestions.

Day 32 & 33

So it’s like Joshua said. My goals for this challenge will stay the same but my approach will “evolve”. As I said I added the Portrait course as specific subject matter so that I actually have something to put the excercises and the principles behind them together.

I’ll still show line and ellipse excercises if I do them, since I want to continue to show everything I do but I’ll try to follow the loop “theory, excercise & application” and increase the “putting the learned together” side.

Lastly I started adding watercolor for the value and shading excercises. I won’t use color but in my eyes it’s a good opportunity to get familiar with the material while practising those concepts even if it’s not my priority in the moment.

[Christopher]

Day 29, 30 & 31

The last days I started thinking of ways to change my approach. I think I just fell into the trap of grinding this excercises to much. In essence they are tools to improve finished drawings and not being finished pieces in themselves.

Additionally I’m going to lean more towards following my gut and what’s enjoyable for me. It’s difficult to find the balance between doing uncomfortable things to improve or forcing them.

For me that means that I’ll add the Portrait course to the challenge and put the russian academic course to the side for the moment. I like the measurement/observation + construction approach too but I enjoy the loose sketchy approach much more, so I’ll follow that and see how it goes. I think it’s much better to focus on one approach and if needed come back to other approaches to tackle weakness later instead of doing everything at the same time.

In the moment it’s just important for me to do more actual subject matter and use the excercises to get better with my tools.

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[Christopher]

@drawer

Thank you 👍

Day 26, 27 & 28

I think part of the problem is that my plan was to progress through the beginner courses within this 100 days but since my goal was to be confident in those early areas it ended up slowing me down because I’m grinding the same excercises and still not being happy with them stops me from continuing. So I think I might need to change something about the challenge or really add a course with a real subject soon to change things up.

[Christopher]

Day 25

Still trying to get back on track. Additionally I hope to find some time again soon to leave some comments (but I still look into most threads regularly)

The more sketchy diagrams aren’t my favorites since I just can’t execute them the same way Erik Olson does which makes them look messy 😅

[Christopher]

Day 23 & 24

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Day 22

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Day 20 & 21

More ugly pages with ball point pen/fineliner + more object drawings.

[Christopher]

Day 19

It seems mundane but I really want to get at least more comfortable with my lines so more basic forms while focusing on line quality. I even started using ball point pen which makes the pages look even worse but if that type of mileage is the price for better lines I’ll pay it 😅👍

[Christopher]

Day 17 & 18

More forms while still trying to get used to drawing lines without rotating the page. Additionally some real objects.

[Christopher]

Thanks Deborah!

And yeah I thought even if it slows down the process this course is full of information so it’s best to make sure I understood everything before moving on.

Day 13, 14, 15 & 16

The last days if not the whole week I was really unproductive and often found myself procrastinating but at least I did something each day. So if it’s about short term goals I just hope to get back on track soon.

Maybe I should also include a minimum amount of pages I have to do, like others do in their challenges, to make things easier … 👋

[Christopher]

Hi Zhi Su,

in my opinion you really made a big jump in quality and consistency over the last weeks.

I especially like day 63, 64 & 71. I think your experimenting with different mediums really pushed your overall work 👍

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