First Proper Go

[Setzer the Gambler]

Not bad, maybe bring her eye down a little lower and a little more centered and bring the ear up! That's kind of picky I guess.


If you keep drawing often it becomes easier and easier to do and as a result you'll become a better drawer. You could also try different art styles or drawing things other than human[oid]s. ( Drawing weapons and monsters are good breaks from plain humans )

I am not sure I am understanding what you mean by your first line. What I am trying to do is to encourage her that there is not just figurative art styles out there, there is also abstract, there is also anime, there is also realistic, there is also 3d, there is also perspective. To close oneself to only what the society wants is to restrain themselves from the inner creativity they have deep inside.

You can practice, but you can also express yourself on something else. Not just restrain yourself to a single sheet of standard paper, but to draw on bigger scale and to let your arm guide what you want to do. When I teach art, I tell my students that:
I am not showing you how to draw, I am giving you tricks for techniques and you can do what you want with these tricks. Let yourself choose the style you are drawing. If you feel like making an abstract painting, then go! If you want to be figurative, then go!
Liberty is an important word.

L'expression libre et la créativité sont les racines de l'artiste comme la pensée du philosophe est le coeur de celui-ci.