Practicing sketching from real life to strengthen my understanding of volumes, depth, light and shadow and building a stronger visual library that I can reference later on in my drawings.

@Laurasketches I love the way you are using light, colors and gestures/expressions in this piece. It is so powerful! Congratulations!

Here is my entry for the contest!

Worked on it a little bit last night and I'm feeling quite happy with the progress, although I might go and give the teddy bear a happier expression and add some more details to the underwater world.

Can't wait to color this with markers and pastels!!

@suenaumi that was exactly the intention behind it! But after all the great feedback I got, I feel I can relate to the second piece more, so I'm gonna go with that I think. Thank you for the feedback!

@djly thank you for the suggestions! Indeed, that's what it needs, plus some details!

@Adrian-K I love your suggestion for the teddy bear. I tried it out and also changed a little bit the storytelling...now I feel the image is stronger. Very helpful!

@theprairiefox thank you for the suggestion! Yes, totally agree, the way the photo is taken is all wrong (I wanted to avoid capturing the edge of the sketchbook, but yes, it does need more space on the top)

@Chip-Valecek thank you!! You're actually right, the outcome of the second story isn't sad at all...after seeing all the comments, I might indeed change my mind!