3:11 AM, Monday June 16th 2025
Greetings, I'm Arthur and will be reviewing your Lesson 1 :)
- Superimposed lines:
First of all you did a good job of drawing your lines confidently and committing to the stroke once you started it. Looks like there is some fraying on both sides of your superimposed lines, take your time before drawing each stroke to put your pen back on the starting point, this is likely due to you rushing the exercise a bit and shouldn't be hard to fix.
- Ghosted lines:
Well done, your Ghosted lines do not wobble. Your lines remain straight, that's good. In the future, keep the habit of drawing with your whole arm and having a smooth transition between ghosting and executing so you have long confident lines! You did a good job of having your lines end up near or on the final dot, keep practicing this exercise (and the others) in your warmups to get even better at it!
- Ghosted plains:
I have absolutely nothing more to say than what I have already said! But in smaller squares there is a little bit of wobbling, so remember to always draw with your shoulder and confidently.
- Table of ellipses:
Good job on drawing through every ellipse twice! And fitting them snugly in each box! But it seems like there is a little bit of hesitation on some of them, creating straight lines. Remember confidence over accuracy, take your time planning what your circle will be and ghosting the circle completely and always with your shoulder. Getting a perfect ellipse is a really hard job but you'll have time to work on it through your warmups.
- Ellipses in planes:
Exactly the same thing from the last one. Take your time ghosting the lines, and don't change anything about the movement when you ghost to when actually doing the line.
- Funnels:
The same things from the previous exercise apply here. I’d recommend you to redo the page with more variety of ellipse degrees.
- Plotted perspective:
As mentioned in the exercise you used a ruler to draw your boxes, that's all good. You kept the first lines of your boxes perpendicular to the horizon as you should've, well done. You made sure to plot every single line back to the right vanishing point so good job, even though some back corners don't come out perfectly, that's completely fine :)
- Rough perspective:
Managing to land every single line exactly back to the vanishing point is a near impossible task at this point but what's important is you tried and most of your lines do try to reach that center point! The front back of your boxes is rectangular each time, that's great.
- Rotated boxes:
The setup of your rotated boxes is well laid out with the cross and the 4 cubes to strive for in each cardinal direction :) You kept the gaps between each box tight and consistent. That's the key to having a good result with this exercise. You seem to understand how to rotate your boxes, but don’t seem to rotate them enough, that’s fine since it still shows that you understood the assignment but if you can I’d like you to try this exercise once more while keeping an eye on the side squares you drew at the start as a goal for you 2nd box on each side. Drawing through your boxes is also a key part of the exercise and is also making you start practicing this skill that will be used for every box in the 250 challenge. You drew every single box well done! Many people forget some boxes in the corner but you didn't!
- organic perspective:
Once again using the ghosting method for every single stroke of this course is a crucial part into getting good habits for your whole drawing journey! Some of your boxes seem to have parallel or diverging lines, that's a common mistake when drawing shallower foreshortening boxes and the only way to get better at it will be through taking the time to place each stroke carefully while drawing your boxes, take your time. And there isn't so much of a dramatic perspective on your big boxes. Remember, when objects come close to the viewer they begin to have more tapering, not adding this will make the drawing less believable. You will also improve on this as you move through the 250 boxes challenge!
great job overall! always remember to take time reading all of the lessons.
Also I strongly encourage you to go review some submissions on the website :) You can review some lessons 1 and once you've completed future lessons review those as well. Don't hesitate to do a review every so often. It really benefits you so you don't forget the point of the previous exercises and helps other people who are waiting on a review, just like you!