10:39 PM, Tuesday December 21st 2021
Here is the resubmission: https://imgur.com/a/S40lZbR.
I'm not sure if I did everything right, though.
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1:06 PM, Friday December 24th 2021
You did quite a good job with those leaves, you could push the flow line a bit further but that's good enough for now, also there could be a lot more of them on the page.
For your plants, those are definitely better. You are clearly more confident with lines but there are places where you run out of patience. The pitcher plant has quite a few sloppy lines, as shown here.
Be more patient with lines, I know it is hard sometimes. But when you feel like you have run out of it, take a break, even if it is for 2 minutes.
I will mark this lesson as complete then.
Next Steps:
Continue to lesson 4
9:22 PM, Friday December 24th 2021
Thank you. I'll definitely try to be more patient. I think that might be my biggest hurdle to get over to push to the next level.
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