(Here's a little montage of my favourite ones:)

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 1 - student project

Hey

This one was fun!

Here's me learning the different steps:

Eyes: main observation is that I can't do eyebrows well in either real life or on paper. I also struggled a lot with anything 45° view so I skipped it for now.

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 2 - student project

Noses: This was fun! Female Characters by Petra V. - image 3 - student project

Lips: fun! great tips here! I tried to follow some real-life lips for practice - like TSwift, Emma Watson & Ashley Olsen

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 4 - student project

EXPRESSIONS: allow me a little before and after

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 5 - student project

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 6 - student project

Some of them look like there's no thoughts behind their eyes, the upper right one could audition to be on a Dreamworks poster :D

Aaaaaand here are finally some of my sketches:

I didn't scan every single sketch I made, so these are the examples I deemed better.

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 7 - student project

here's her before I watched the hair tutorial:
Female Characters by Petra V. - image 8 - student project

Honestly hair is still a big struggle for me. I assume it takes practice. I had biggest problems with the hair "ends" - ends of bobs or bangs. See example below - the bangs are just kind of there, but no form. Also her hair looks kind of like bread.

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 9 - student project

Aaaand another one where my brain went on a vacation while watching the Office and I covered her in flowers for no reason. Note to self: take a skillshare class on how to draw flowers better :D

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 10 - student project

Laaastly I tried to sketch Irma from W.I.T.C.H., just for fun:

Female Characters by Petra V. - image 11 - student project

Welp...I guess there's still a ton to learn (like drawing anything else than a front view) but this class taught me valuable skills so I am not "scared" to sketch more often now just for me, for fun and relax. And maybe later I will be able to add some photos of how my content improved! :)

Thank u Gabrielle for this fun, informative & motivating lesson. Now I need to go buy a "stomp" somewhere cuz I want one.

Petra V.

just one spark starts a fire

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