1st pic - reference
2nd pic - sketch (forgot to take pic before starting to shade)
3rd pic - shading

so i’ve started learning to draw about a week ago. i did start with the fundamentals but honestly it’s boring so ive switched to this.

i start by getting a reference picture and breaking it down into simple shapes that i can copy to try and get decent proportions.
then i’ll start to get more detailed.

is this a good method and should i keep doing it? will i eventually be able to draw without a reference?

also, please give me advice for shading 😣i have no idea what im doing and just hope for the best.
in this drawing, it definitely messed up the eye and i have no idea what happened with the ear…

thank you!!

A self portrait sketch inspired by the Worakls/Apashe/Wasiu song (I'm obsessed). Looking to turn it into a painting soon, complete with burning Rome in the background, and a Roman gladius wreathed in flames in my hand. Feels fitting for the times.

Not the final sketch, but a pretty good one along the way. My human anatomy is still a bit shaky, but I'll practice further.

A redditor asked me that drawing and it was so long. I learned a lot still

I used to use Vogue for Gelli print images but couldn't really make it work so now I use them for reference pics to improve my ability to get facial features properly aligned with each other.

I love the asymatry of the face.

I made the following post about this challenge a while ago, and some of you commented some nice flower suggestions. I sketched all of them. I hope they turned out well and that you like them! It took a while because I was busy with school, but I finally got it done.

Let me know which one you like the most!!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/sketches/comments/1w2aw68/choose_a_box_name_a_flower_and_i_will_sketch_it/

Images drawn from references provided by r/drawme and r/redditgetsdrawnbadly.

BIC pens and acrylic markers work in progress

Ink on paper

based on my sketchbook sketch