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Thanks for your comment Natalie,

I kind of gave up the challenge although I continued drawing,

I think at some point this challenge was more a burden and a source of stress than a pleasure^^’ so I just sopted, and I continued to draw, looking for my own rythm. These days I am getting closer from a regular daily routine. I will probably start a new challenge soon. Feeling accountable to a community is a really a good way to make progress.

Anyway I post here some drawings from the last months.

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Day29 to 34: I was about to give up and I listend to a very interesting podcast about learning art. So I thought it would be beneficial to re-learn everything from the begining.

Therefore I started watching the “head drawing for begginer” course from the begining, and I tried to draw very simple heads from different angles, on different scales, to check what works and what doesn’t.

 

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Day24 and 25: I started drawing ‘kevin expression 25501 and 25519’, I thought the result was so bad, that I got deeply discouraged. I couldn’t figure out how to make a simple sketch of this head successfully. I got super frustrated and I couldn’t choose between keep trying and moving on, and just draw another head.

Day 26 to 28: So, well, I just stopped drawing. I realise now that this challenge is just so much harder than I thought. It’s not only about practicing it’s also about dealing with lack of progress, frustration, doubts, …

So, after two “failures” at the quarter of the challenge, I don’t expect to achieve it properly, but I will keep posting. And instead of drawing all the things described on day 1, I will focus 100% on heads. I think it’s the best way to work on these different learning phases and to deal with their emotional states. So maybe, after this first “dry run” I will be ready to actually draw something for 100 days.

Feel free to share your eperience about learning, frustration, … and to advise 🙂

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Day23:

I just drew a second time the two last heads from yesterday. I think it’s better. The third one is not a success, because again, I intuitivly copied the picture, instead of constructing it. The fourth one looks better. But I guess making mistakes and correcting them is the whole point of the daily practice right?

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day22:

I drew a couple of faces with a black bruch pen, but I didn’t spend the whole day drawing as I did yesterday. So the result is bad… quite difficult to draw something nice without any warm up before. Here the problem is the lack of construction.

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Still day 21:

I try to draw as much as I can these day to catch up my “days off”

I tried to draw with a black brush pen, it’s really efficient to draw quick studies. It’s really a good way to focus on the structure instead of waisting time on rendering.

And here with the expression studies, I have so much fun! It’s really a great topic.

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Day21:

I achieved Huston’s classes on age and expressions, that’s quite a lot of information.

I  am quite happy today because:

• I am getting more and more confident with drawing on bigger scale
• My proportions are not perfect, but I can really notice an improvement compared to my drawing made 20 days ago
• Most of the time, when I am not happy with a drawing, it’s because I intuitivly copied the photo, instead of constructing a face based on the photo I have in front of me. I identify this mistake more easily, and I am more able to correct it.

 

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Day 20:

I drew a few faces, I realized that I have to learn how to draw expressions, because I can not draw creepy smiles like this one any more. I think The big blue face is alright in term of proportions but nothing is aligned… I have to keep the construction more consistent

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Day19: hair assignment. It was a good exercise. I want to do this more often. It’s just the perfect every day exercise.

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@Mattias1612: thank you so much for your encouragement  🙏 and it’s good to know that I am not alone

@Andrew: thank you so much for your comment. Hard choice. I like both actually.

Huston explains some clear structural ideas. He teaches a great logical methodology. Vilppu is just great. I just like watching the master drawing and listening to his anecdotes. It’s the kind of lesson I like watching with a hot beverage and a cookie. XD and what you? Which one do you like the most?

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Day18: i just had time to start working on a Da Vinci’s sketch. It’s a really quick one but I feel more confident compared to 15 days ago.

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