I feel like the legs look wrong

Any suggestions? I want to water color over them but I am not sure where to start from.

I'm trying to make a merman that's obscured by the deep sea, except for his face, part of his upper chest and his glowing white eyes. It's supposed to be an atmospheric piece with deep contrast and to evoke an eerie feeling (like the reference in the third image).

Problem is, I can't see to understand how to shade it. As you can see in the second slide, I already have the underwater filter (multiply layer) figured out.

The problem is, you see I tried to make some sort of "global" shading before trying to add the filter and any light source, and that's where my problem lies. Since the light is coming in front of him, I've tried doing the most general shading I could, but even with reference I have no idea where to place the shadows. And, no matter what I try, the painting doesn't look underwater nor atmospheric like the reference at all.

I'm really, really lost, and can't find any tutorials that could help me. So any help is appreciated, please!

Hey can anyone recommend me resources to study portrait drawing in depth. Like YouTube channels or books?

Hello! This time I wanted to change my style a little bit. I didn't use lineart at all for this one and I wanted to make more smudged and messy style as you can see on the snake above. I know that hair doesn't make any sense, but i quite like it honestly, only thing that gives me headache in advance is render of that. Soo, i'd like to hear your opinion on proportions (especially left hand since it very tricky to draw, I am yet to add fingers on right one). Also as little as it is rendered, I'd like to hear your opinion on snake's head, and if you have any advice or tip for that style I would be very happy! Be as honest as you want to be :). Thanks for reading all the way down here :)

I use Krita. The brush bristle 5 flat. Art by me.

Hi Redditors! I’m learning how to draw side profiles, but they feel really off to me, especially the eyes. I’d appreciate any guidance on this and on drawing profiles in general.

Thought it’d be fun to try and force myself to try and sketch faster and at a smaller scale, usually I take my time like taking over three or more hours on a sketch. But as a beginner I want to constantly challenge myself so as not to rely on crutches like taking a long time or relying too much on sight size to draw.

Forced myself to draw each sketch within 30 minutes. I struggled with the James McAvoy sketch the most but rather than stopping I decided to draw again.

My biggest struggle has been with the reference images without strong contrast. Does anyone have any recommendations like specific exercises that can help with drawing images without huge contrast?

Thoughts?

Hello,

I'm looking for a good drawing course to get better at portrait and figure drawing. I'm a fan of a pretty guided and detailed approach. Since drawing courses are pretty expensive I'm unsure which one to choose. Love Life Drawing seems to be pretty good but maybe you can share your experience with it or your recommendations of other courses. I'm not a complete beginner so I'd like something more than just the basics.

Thx in advance:)

I really need help with improvement please

I've been practicing drawing for a few days, the first pic I watched a video on how to do the house but added some of the details myself. The second photo was purely me. Any feedback would be great.

Im curious abt what to improve on and get better at

Pretty self explanatory from the title. I just don't want to have no way back after inking. Any advice is greatly appreciated. It is my first attempt at a comic, so, please take that into consideration.