Hey! Great work! You have a really strong technique. Honestly, I wish I had that kind of pencil technique myself haha. Now, regarding the difficulty of drawing from imagination: This usually improves by learning how to simplify objects into basic forms, such as cubes, cylinders, spheres, or simple organic shapes, and being able to draw those forms from different angles. Of course, to do this, you’ll need to ignore most of the details at first, like the feathers of a bird, the intricate details of a sword, and so on, depending on what you’re trying to draw. For example, you could start by drawing a mug using only cylinders, and then draw it from different angles: from above, from below, from a three-quarter view, etc. You can repeat this process with many different objects. Another helpful approach is to focus on studying specific parts of the object or subject you’ve chosen. For example, if you’re studying a bird: What is the shape of the eye? How do the feathers group together or overlap? What is the basic anatomy of the wings? Studying these elements separately will help you build a visual library, which will later allow you to draw those details from different angles. The goal of these exercises is to develop spatial awareness and observational drawing, rather than simply copying what we see. Artwod has a roadmap that can help a lot with developing these skills. If it’s within your means, I’d recommend checking out their Introduction to Drawing roadmap. Hope this helps!
