Moving on from the previous challenges, the thought of drawing ‘The fantasy castle’ was daunting.
Yesterday evening, I started with the quickly sketched thumbnails, non of which floated my boat, so I left them overnight.
Digital in some ways is more convenient, but on the others - it distract you a bit from what you are actually learning. So don’t worry too much about it (and if you can’t stop it - gather some pocket money for used wacom tablet, or new xp pen or huion - entry level models are not that expensive and can get you a long way)
Finished off the castle, as Grant said , they look better from far away as opposed to close up lol.
I really need to work on the cross hatch shading technique.
Was using a GB pencil , which started off sharp , but wore down really quickly lol
I know at the start of the videos we were told plain paper and an HB pencil ‘will do’
But is it worth getting a collection of pencils ?
Anyway , here is my castle , please hold at least at arms length ha ha ha
I found a 2H pencil at home. It draws much lighter for a first sketch. And the point doesn’t wear out that quickly. Using the HB for the end result. But small details are difficult with the HB.
for the progress! You can make it 
