You’re doing well Daniel. Mike can guide you better than I can, but a suggestion I can give is to concentrate on any areas that you may find more difficult. For example When I started I would draw cat eyes (not the whole cat, just the eye) and dog eyes and deer eyes etc…. This way I learned the diff...

Happy New Year Artur! Ok, you’ve got my attention. I’m going to love following this! Great subject!! Sorry, I can’t help identify because it doesn’t look like anything we have in Canada, but it looks like you’ve identified it now. I’m enjoying the information you’re sharing about its habitat and bio...

Agreed! I love the updates so far Artur. You’re on the right road!

"Mike Sibley" Others that don't post - ever. That's not unusual at all. I met the same "aversion to posting" when I had my forum at Alexie's ARTPAPA. Again when JD and I ran THE DRAWING FORUM between us. And now here at DRAW WITH MIKE. I agree completely . I read posts on the ol...

Hi Daniel. You’re off to a good start because you’re observing and respecting the direction of hair growth. I think that may be the most important factor when drawing a close up portrait like this. There’s a change in direction of hair growth on a cat’s nose. Try to zoom in on your reference, or bet...

It’s early days still, but I can already see and appreciate the soft shadows and highlights on Magda’s face. This stage of the painting is truly quite lovely as is!

Hi Daniel and welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing your work.

Congratulations & well deserved!!

I don’t know what Mickey would say about that! It absolutely is fun though. I was catching myself smiling and giggling while I was doing this!

Very interesting approach. Your experience with graphite drawing should serve you well though since we’re used to paying attention to details (on order to preserve whites) from the very beginning of a drawing.