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Hi Uncomfortable,

thank you a lot for taking the time to review my homework. You have a keen eye. As you wrote I should've made more use of the ghosting method. I will keep it in mind for my future drawings and homework.

Again thanks a lot and all the best to you.

Hi Uncomfortable,

as always thank you a lot for taking the time to review my homework as well as for your advices, suggetions and encouraging word. And also for the additional Rhino-head demo.

I will try my best to keep your advices out in mind for my future drawingexcersises.

So I'll be back in 250 Cylinders.

All the best to you.

Kind regards

Hi Uncomfortable,

Thank you for taking the time to review my homework and for the sneak preview on the new course content (I'm keen on seeing it).

I greatly appreciate your helpful advice and the pointers on mistakes I made. I will try my best to be mindful about those things to incorporate the more accurate 3D-approach in my future homework.

All the best to you and your efforts to revise the course content.

Kind regards

Hi Uncomfortable,

Thank you for taking the time to review my homework as well as for the tips concerning my usage of a tabletop easel.

I greatly appreciate your helpful advice and will do my best to be mindful about the things you've pointed out.

And while I’m at it, I’m also more than grateful that you’ve created all this and that you’re constantly working to make it even better than it already is. Draw-a-Box brought back the joy for drawing into my life that I thought was lost in my childhood.

So I draw my hat and bow reverently to say:

-Thank you-

All the best to you. I'm off then hunting insects.

Hi matForestani,

somethingX, drusk and scoobyclub already gave some excellent advice.

I've been there myself. And here's how I go about it when I struggle to find ideas:

Since there is always something going on in the human mind, I just grab one of those thoughts and try to make something out of it. And that's basically all there is to it.

But to give a more detailed insight here's an example:

I just thought of a book. So if I'm already thinking about it why not just draw it and since I'm currently at lesson 3 why not make it a book about plants. But how? Well, just lets grow a plant out of the book that should make it obvious, oh and drusk mentioned apples with worms earlier. Lets throw that in as well. Result: https://imgur.com/a/n3Us1ON

Just like somethingX mentioned you also can transform this simple idea of a book for your specific goals. For example: If you're into character design maybe draw a dwarven book seller. You like landscapes more? Than draw a library on a hill next to a leafless tree.

Just try to find things you like and that you want to draw. Then just go ahead and draw it no matter what the result might be. And if you find yourself really not knowing how something might looks like, than look for reference so you can incorporate it into your drawing.

I hope you get the idea.

Hi,

I'm glad I could help :)

All the best to you and the art journey that lies ahead of you!

Hi Tofu,

thank you a lot for taking the time to review my homework. The things you pointed out are very helpful.

As last time I appreciate your advices and try my best to incorporate them into my drawing practice.

See ya

Hi StressZits,

I'm sorry to hear that you are frustrated with your progress and skills. My advice would be: Don't worry to much about your improvement or what you think you might did wrong in the past. I myself tried to start with drawing a lot over the last couple of years (longest I stuck with it were a few weeks). Most of the time I dropped it because I wasn't satisfied with the results. That is until I saw the lesson 0 videos from Uncomfortable, in which he states the 50%-rule. That kept me thinking about that I never really did draw for the sake of just drawing, at least outside of my childhood. Now that I'm just filling pages of my sketchbook with whatever comes into my mind (most of it comes out as crap, but I don't mind it anymore because it was fun doing it) it is much easier for me to stick with drawing and dedicating some of my time to hard and deliberate practice sessions.

To answer your first question. I would pick up the lessons where you left off and do what you're already doing incorporate them in the warm ups. So a light refresher will work. If you worry about their quality you might post some of your warm up pages and see if someone is kind enough to give you a feedback on them.

Regarding your Second question:

What always helps me to stay disciplined is setting myself a date or a time of day which is reserved for practice sessions and I'm trying not to grind during the sessions. Each of my practice sessions contains an easy to reach goal. For example in my 250 Box challenge: the goal was as simple as just putting at least one box to the best of my abilities down on the page, that of course resulted in more than just one box per session most of the time. But I only spend as much time practicing as I can. If I feel that I can't focus anymore I stop the deliberate practice and recharge my batteries by doing something fun or relaxing. My tip for this is find dates for your practices which fit your schedule and set a goal for it, that's easy to reach for you. And never forget to draw for fun. ;)

And I think my mindset changed a lot, I don't think anymore that I need to improve my skills as fast as possible. It's more like I want to improve my art and am willing to put the time in needed whenever I can.

I hope this helps!

Hi Tofu,

thanks a lot for your helpful review and the time you have taken to write it.

I appreciate your advice and will keep it in mind!

So I’m off to Lesson 2.

See ya

Many thanks for your great review of my homework as well as for your input and advice. This really helps a lot. :)

I will try my best to implement it into my warm-up routine.