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In the Learn section there is a course library. There is no course mode but you can set the number of drawings you do and you can set the amount of minutes you want to spend on each drawing. In the Female anatomy lessons there are images that show a broad outline of head, ribcage, pelvis, and then it goes into more detail in an image next to it...so you can go over your lines and then in another image it shows how it ought to look without the guidelines and with detail. It's great to follow for tips on how to set out your composition.

The hands lessons has something similar but it starts off with guides and then they slowly fade to be more detailed drawing and you can follow. Wysp records your progress (you rate your drawing from 'didn't get it' to 'nailed it' and based on that it gives you a percentage of how far you are in the course.
It also shows how much time you have spent on it and how many skills you have mastered.

http://www.wysp.ws/practice/

If you type that into your search bar you should get to it. Some nice little online lessons there.

Hi Anya, I just stumbled upon Wysp. I'll try putting a link in this post.
Your text to link here...

Hour 2

Some pictures from Hour 1

Have started today. Hour 1 completed. Muddied up some of the longer poses by going in to shade instead of proportioning properly. But I started at least.

Hi Anya, I have the same difficulty to be honest as it has taken me a lot to go into line drawing because I want to get so detailed. On Wysp another practice site they use a frame. So they start with the lines then place the head the ribcage and pelvic area in circles and broad shapes and then you hang the rest of the figure on that. It is a nice way of doing it. I'd recommend you check that out. There are a few free guides there and some paid.
That's how I think I'm going to approach the longer poses but not too sure just yet.

Hi Carzydogz, sounds like you have a good plan there.
I'm hoping to get proportions right first then move on to details.
Need to do the face and hands and feet too. So I guess we can share progress reports.

I'm up for it. But I will have to start Monday as I am away for the weekend. I have a few drawings in the critique section so you can see how wobbly I am. But it would be good to do a challenge.

I like the simplicity. I tend to have a lot of scribbly lines so it's good you can get some definite lines down. I think it's good for 30 seconds.

Hi, working in the last post but not the lengthy one. sorry about that...there's nothing worse is there.
Been to life drawing class this morning. Good fun. Getting somewhere slowly but still a little tight and muddy as I shade everything to murkiness...need to get some simpler shading in. But my priority right now is trying to get proportions.

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I know how difficult grief is to cope with, but like the others I agree that drawing is therapeutic and relaxing so it's great you are continuing to create.
I love your style. Tranquility now is beautiful as is the dog, love the line directions giving the feel of fur.

Great work. Lovely to see. I'm off to delete a few of my scribbles now..haha!!

Thanks for sharing that. Looks amazing. I'll look into the technical stuff and see if i can dwownload a version. Think it would be great practice and good for wanting to compose pictures and paintings.

Thank you for your feedback. I'm really fussy over my drawings and submitting images like this is bloody horrifying for me! Ha!
I'm trying to use different things. I'm also using Wysp too, and I allow myself 5 mins for each of those so that I have some more reinforcing work to look at after practice.
Thank you again for your thoughts, much appreciated.

I've gone slightly backwards here. The earliest ones are the last etc. but I prefer the lumpy earlier ones to the latest ones. Not sure I'm getting the hang of this gesture lark.