@Sarahmaeliz Yeah if you sat them on the bench you'd have to change the composition completely. They seem happy where they are anyway!

It certainly feels like a communal area, it has a nice cosy wintery feel to it. The main couple do feel a bit like they're done in a different style though, as they have an outline but nothing else does. Unless that's intentional of course. If you look at the delicately painted background, the warm glow of the people on the bench, then look at the couple. I think they would look so much better without that outline.

I also disagree, I find the left side more interesting than the structure on the right, I think the left side is beautifully painted! But yeah, the trees could do with knocking back a bit. There are quite a few light sources too, the structure on right, and left, the moon, and fire. Makes it difficult to focus on one thing. I'm assuming the couple are the focal point, but they are the least lit thing in the piece. One solution would be to sit them on the bench, light them with the fire, and lose all the other light sources.

For me the perspective isn't massively off, but there are a lot of straight lines that seem to heading to different points on the horizon line. I'm a little confused as to what the structure is in the foreground, bottom right as we look at it. As we are looking down at the scene, it feels like a roof top, is that right? It does help to guide the eye to the faces of the couple, but maybe fights against the other lines.

@JennyJones possibly the cutest thing ive ever seen! Gets my vote!

Hi all. Tried a while ago to be active with the forum but failed miserably, young child has other ideas. I've decided bare minimum for me is to enter the monthly competitions. Wish it could be this topic every month, very inspirational.

I checked out your instagram, your drawing is quality, you're not a beginner. What exactly is it you want to improve on?

Mate just pay the monthly subscription, its peanuts and theres a bucket load of stuff to plough through. Much better value that just getting seperate videos. If you find after three months youre not watching them then just cancel, you'll probably still be better off (unless theres a minimum subscription term or something, i didnt read the fine print when i signed up).

The first thing that jumps out at me is the outlines. You should get rid of them. Draw in tones, values. Put in the black shapes around the hands, the mid tones, the highlights, but don't draw lines, just shapes. Nothing in nature has outlines. Also, these appear to be a little rushed. Take your time, really study what you're looking at, double check proportions, negative space etc. A classic read is 'Drawing on the right side of the brain'. If you go through that, takes about a month or so, that would improve your basic technique no end, then drawing everything will be ten times easier.