Sketching Practice

Been practicing sketching lately. I know I said I was a talentless artist but that doesn't mean I have to stay one. I figured getting a hang on the basics would be chill.

I've been taking an online course for sketching. Still working through the first section where I just practice lines.

There are so many kinds of line.

I tried to draw a skull 5 times this week. Here's the progression:

I feel like I'm getting beginner gains in the gym lol. The early learning curve is so fun. You know you're not good yet so you're not taking it super seriously, and the progress is fast enough to really see day to day.

Here's a timelapse of me drawing the 5th one:

It was study of this master drawing here by Jeff Watts: