Impressive for 10 mins :)
Because I believe you spent a while on the face that caused it to be darker, I would recommend picking out the shadows of the whole object before you focus on the details of a specific part (like the face or hands).
You could lightly mark the facial features if that is what you feel like doing but reframe from getting them that dark until you are pretty comfortable they are correct.
I'd check out the video '1-Minute vs 5-Minute Figure Drawing: Quick & Dynamic Sketching' by Marco Bucci, he gives a nice demonstration, including shading, then have a go at doing that again a few times with different photos :)
It will improve your use of light and dark values and change how you spend your time when doing these timed sketches :) Wishing you all the best with your drawing!
The overall pose looks good with believable proportions. I also like the details of the hand and in the face. Personally, I find it difficult to hit the proportions in the face well in such a short time. There is some rigidness in the shoulder area. I can see that you use boxes for the initial sketch. My guess is that the rigidness in the shoulders and your usage of boxes are connected. Maybe try to use curved lines and ovals for the first impression + proportions (as it is e.g. suggested in the tutorial here on the website).
I think you did amazing! The body, well, overall! The only thing to point out is that the face look kinda stiffy, a bit more of expression can make a drawing super charismatic and pleasant to look at... But that's only a minor inconvenience on my part. Do keep up the amazing work!
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Numistalex
edited this post on February 2, 2026 8:59am.
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