Hello I am new here as well, and I am wondering while I am going through the lessons on here how much time I should donate to each lesson. I do not have a working printer right now and I have done almost all of B lessons I went through rather quickly, as it seemed a bit easy to me. However, I am stuck on the horse, mostly because my 20 month old wont let me take the time to sit at the computer for a worthwhile length of time, and if I could print it I would be able to do it much easier.

Do you have tips/tricks to helping hone the skills? Should I do a certain set of exercises every day? How would I know when to stop or move on? I do the face vase, blind contour, symmetry, and I shade the symmetry when I am done. But I don't know if it really helps me or not. I really want to work on proportions more but it is difficult when I cannot print out any pictures to practice. I have almost no supplies, just a regular yellow number 2 pencil a sharpener and some pads of ruled paper and some blank computer paper and erasers. When I get my check I plan on spending some money on a sketching set. Not a lot, just enough to get me by for a while. Any tips on what I should get? How much larger should I be drawing the subject? I have like 5 million questions more but I will stop here and bother you all more later. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Hi Get Steph Up.
Sketch everyday
Buy the best supplies you can afford, I started with dollar store equipment, then moved up as I could afford and as I got frustrated with said equipment.
We several weekly challenges to keep you busy as well as all the lessons. the challenges are open to every skill level.
Check out the general discussions to see what all we are doing and of course keep asking questions.

Welcome to Drawspace! I know exactly how you feel, I have a 21 month old boy who gets angry to see me trying to steal time for myself... Just take a few minutes here and there to work on whatever drawing you're currently on, it's better not to rush it. Everyone's patience level is different, I usually spent about a half hour on each of the early beginner lessons, then an hour on the bigger ones, and a couple hours on the intermediate lessons. About 6 inches is a good drawing space (in my opinion) for the earlier lessons. I'm getting into some bigger lessons now, so I fill a space around 7 inches.

Hope that's some help, if you have anything I can help you with, please PM me. Take a look at my Lessons album. I started with no skill, and quickly learned to draw thanks to this site. You will too!

Thanks! Today I had 5 dollars and I bought a set of pencils that contained an HB 2B 4B and 6B and it included an regular rubber eraser and sharpener and I bought a kneaded eraser. I am going to have to stick to computer paper until I get more money in my hands. I sketched a monkey today and that was fun, and its cute, I will try to get it posted on here soon. I have only been sketching for about a week (I have 'doodled' my entire life) and I have no clue if its good and though I love them, I am not sure if I can trust my families opinion since they are biased. Thanks for replying!

I am excited to start the weekly challenges once my printer is re-hydrated. Its such a bummer not being able to print. Life would be oh so much easier.

Thanks Mindy! You are really good from what I saw on your profile, I aspire to reach your level sometime. I have some sort of AADD, I feel like I have to move through things quickly, I blame high-speed internet and cable. Though I have only been taking drawing seriously for a little more then a week, I find it is actually helping me keep my focus more and I can take my time and just draw and be lost in it and then be surprised at myself in the end which I used to do with my doodles. But I never really showed anyone my doodles, as they were really abstract and I used it mainly as a source of calming myself down. I never really tried to draw something that was life like or realistic. Thanks for replying and I will PM you when I have a million more questions.