Quite liked myself, way more strokes than the reference image. Some constructive critics please

Happy with the progress. But next stage is hyper realism 👀🫣😅

I found a reference online and wanted to challenge myself to work through it on my own and really focus on understanding the tones and […]

I didn’t feel that I was ready for the final portrait, so thought I would give this a go. So here is my attempt…

Starting to get the hang of using a grid. I’m still struggling with the values and smoothing stuff out. My transitions seem so harsh. I do need to invest […]

Starting to get the hang of using a grid. I’m still struggling with the values and smoothing stuff out. My transitions seem so harsh. I do need to invest […]

Starting to get the hang of using a grid. I’m still struggling with the values and smoothing stuff out. My transitions seem so harsh. I do need to invest […]

Starting to get the hang of using a grid. I’m still struggling with the values and smoothing stuff out. My transitions seem so harsh. I do need to invest […]

My first attempts at drawing with pencils and learning how to sketch. My first lessons and my first mistakes, mistakes I can learn from.

While drawing […]

This is a drawing of a “Southern Double Striped Walking Stick”. I found one on my patio and took a few pictures of it, then enlarged the pictures and drew […]

Here is my avocado drawing! I’m off angle, and as a result, I got stuck with the cast shadow. Maybe I was a little lazy as well. I also didn’t render […]

I know it’s not my best, and there’s still a lot to improve. But every session is helping me learn something new. I’ll keep practicing and improving […]

I tried drawing Krishna after understanding the basics of shading. Visually, I’m really happy with how it turned out, but I know there’s still a lot to […]

I finally finished the lantern drawing! It has been one of the most challenging drawings I’ve tackled so far, alongside the colored pencil avocado. […]

Recently joined the group and wanted to make my first post! These are a few pieces I’ve done following Ali’s tutorials on Patreon. He’s such an […]

While taking a break from my lantern drawing, I decided to try the glass tutorial again to see how much I’ve improved over the last five months. To be […]

The title says it all. Here is the result. Finally. Did work on the lantern as well. To follow……..Greetings to everybody.

Thank you all the great people here for the inspiration and support!!! This was drawn from a reference image…. But I loved the smoothness of the skin and the […]

Hey artists! After about 20 hours, I finally finished this drawing. I’m not 100% satisfied with it, but since it’s my first piece in this format […]

Hey artists! I decided to start something new, but I wanted to make it a bit more exciting, so I chose a 100 × 70 cm format this time! 😄 I’ll […]

Hello fellow artists!

Inspiration from Ali brought me back to drawing! Really looking forward to growing my skills & seeing how much I can progress.

This is […]

Hello everyone! I finished this portrait recently, made it as a gift for someone, and wanted to share it with you all. I’d love to hear your thoughts 😊

I’m having problems controlling my elect eraser, its very hard to control. help me someone.

Hello All !

Drawing inspiration from Ali’s youtube videos, here is my attempt at a charcoal sketch of one of his reference images.

Looking forward to do […]

It was nice using shapes to construct the pears instead of the grid method. The little spots/dots/points took forever 😊

Hi all, finally finished the whole course, this is the final protrait and a few extra photos to show the progression.
I lost patience in the end for a lot […]