You really brought the evil out with the eyes and smile. Great job on the expression as well as the clothing.

must have taken ages really good

Very well done Ekua. Just keep on keepen on. As you continue on with the exercises, Ali explains how and shows you how to deal with contrasts, shading and realistic details. It is an awesome and rewarding experience.

I personally find it very beneficial to do an exercise a second time if I am not satisfied with my first result. My second…

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Hi Ekua 😊 welcome to the community
Really nice work here. The kettle looks smooth and your cherries have good form 🙌 You’re right about contrast. Try pushing your darkest areas a bit more. That will make everything pop instantly
Also watch edges. Keep some sharper where the form changes quickly. And yes, the leaf is slightly dark. You can lift… Read more

Love these, blending is smooth. 👍

superb

loved the blending,

Hi Ashok 😊
Nice work, the form reads well and the transparency is coming through.
Since you asked for tough feedback, here it is. Your values are a bit even, push darker areas inside the glass and under the contact point to add depth. Also sharpen the main highlight edge so it feels more crisp.
You’ve got the idea right, just needs stronger… Read more

Nice work. Looking like you’ll be really great soon.

Hi Spooky 😊
Good question, you’ve got a nice base here and proportions look solid.
Main things to fix:
First, values. Your darks are not deep enough yet. Push the darker areas more, especially around the eye, nose shadow, and under the lips. Second, transitions. Some areas look patchy. Try smoother blending so the skin feels softer.
Third,… Read more

Hi Ashok

That looks pretty good but my guess is that if you drew the same exercise again it would become a little more refined. Practice, practice, practice.👍

Hi Ashok 😊
Nice work, the form and reflection are coming through well.
Try smoothing your shading and pushing the darks a bit more 👍

Dear Martin, I am also a new student, I has similar experience, what I did with the blending is, go extremely light and slow gradually increase pressure ,covering small areas at a time, see if that will help.

Hi Martin, that is looking pretty good. You might try using graphite powder on the back ground and on the face itself.

The “Elderly Old Man” exercise shows great ways to use graphite powder. I used 8B powder and it really worked good. Ali shows several ways to use the graphite powder through out the whole exercise, and they all worked wonderfully.

Hoi Martin, wat voor papier gebruik je? Hoe gladder je papier is hoe donkerder je het kunt maken en idd het wordt veel zwarter als je grafiet poeder gebruikt ipv gewoon potlood!

Verder ziet het er eng maar góed uit 😅

keep it up looks like you going in the right direction although i am pretty new to this not at that point yet

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Hi Martin 😊
I see the issue. Your paper is getting saturated, so adding more charcoal won’t go darker.
Try this. Build your darks in layers, but stop blending too much with the brush. The brush lifts graphite and charcoal, which is why it looks lighter.
Instead, press slightly more in the final layers and use a sharper pencil for deeper… Read more

That looks great Ashok. The Mono Zero eraser is also a really versatile tool. It takes a little practice to figure out what it will and won’t do.

My first dealing with the Mono Zero were not very successful. I started practicing by laying down various base coats on regular drawing paper,using different graphite pencils. Some with multiple layers…

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looks great .

what brushes do you use for blending if you dont mind me asking ?

Deze is heel sterk Alejandro!

Very well done Alejandro. Nice and crisp with good vanishing point.

amazing

Looks awesome. Keep it up

picture shows your sincerity, discipline and respect on drawing.keep going 👍