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10:16 AM, Tuesday March 7th 2023
edited at 11:21 AM, Mar 7th 2023

Maybe I need to look more closely at the assignments for the lessons. because I drew that tulip as a flower in a section. maybe I needed to show the texture of the section of something, not just a cut,

and not just something in a section.

Do I need to practice a little before doing the test homework?

I mean, I do my homework right after watching the video (warm-up and then the assignment).

For example, the task of organic arrows, maybe I need to do 3 pages first to understand how it all works.

And then only do it on other sheets to check.

It's so uncomfortable to say that we are not drawing to hang it on the fridge. But if I need to make more attempts to understand. Maybe there will be fewer mistakes and less work for those who give criticism if I make at least 3 attempts and analyze what I have done before sending it for criticism.

Once again, I want to thank you for helping beginners for free.

edited at 11:21 AM, Mar 7th 2023
12:56 AM, Friday March 10th 2023

I'd say do as you did up until now. It's true that if you do some "test homework" before corrections become easier, but they also end up masking a bit what is the true level of your current abilities. You could always pick a third way: for multi-page exercises do the first page right after you've read/watched the lesson, try to compare your results with the lesson notes and then do it again, eventually with some "studies" where you try to figure out what can be improved before finishing the exercise. Either way, it's really just a matter of practice. You'll be surprised by how some things will just kind of start make sense to you on their own just through repetition and critically applying the rules of each challenge. In addition to that, lesson 3 is the pivot point where many concepts that have been illustrated will find their application, besides being lots of fun in my opinion.

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