Dew

Thank you very much Beckerito! That was very helpful. I'll save those guides so I keep them in mind when I'm practicing.

If you read through lesson 0, I think it explicitly says you should use a pen to complete the lessons. I don't know your situation but if you can find a pen it would help with the course.

You're very welcome and good luck!

Hi Omardoom,

I may ask that you take a look at lesson 1 again before moving on. The mark making is very important, as you are supposed to make a clean line first, then try and keep drawing over the same line over and over again to see how consistent you can make the same stroke.

In your 2 point perspective I would highly recommend re reading this and trying to do the lesson again. Make a horizon line and mark your vanishing points, use a ruler for this part.

I don't see the projected cube sphere as completed so I can't really make a full critique on it.

Hi Serbandr, I'll be giving you some feedback today.

Linework

Good work on completing this, you can never get too much practice drawing these lines. Keep up with your mark making as some of the lines you are doing are all the same length on the dot to dot. Try and vary the lengths and rotate the paper to figure out where your arm makes the straightest and cleanest stroke. This will improve with time.

With your polygonal squares, you should fill the paper, each square should be skewed and sheered to really challenge yourself and fill the paper out. the lines here feel pretty good for the most part though a lot of them end short of their intended mark. It would be better to over shoot it cleanly then end early.

Ellipses

Really try and vary the degree of your ellipses. Good job on making the ovoids touch as close as you can, this is an extremely difficult skill to learn so keep up with it!

Cubes

In the lesson you should really try and draw more then one cube with the ruler, I only see one per panel. Maybe someone can chime in but there may need to be a revision before you can move on completely.

The projected cubes are difficult, good job on this attempt. If you can help it do not color in your shadows with a scribbled line, make your marks consistently in the same direction or follow the perspective in your hatching. If you struggle doing that just fill them in with a solid color.

Your cubes feel like they are moving through space but they don't feel like cubes, this will improve once you make it to the 250 Box challenge.

Good work but I may ask for a revision.

Hey Bakulawin, I'll be giving you some feedback so you can move forward!

Linework

I will say that you should try and mark two dots on a page and hit each one with a clean stroke, your arm should find the most comfortable position to do this in time and then you will rotate the page to accommodate. Your polygonal squares should fill the entire page, almost touching but leaving a nice little gap in between, this is to hone your accurate line making. Good job hitting the center of each one.

Ellipses

Not bad i will say that you should try and vary them more so, make some really skinny ones as well as ones that are almost circles. This will help you better understand how to find degree angles when you're trying to make cylindrical objects later down the road.

Cubes

Little difficult to see page 11, I would recommend scanning your images in next time so we aren't looking at any blurry images or anything.

Cubes themselves look good with the ruler, the circular projected cubes look good, this is a difficult exercise and i think you managed to do a good job on it given how difficult it can be. Your cubes through space do not feel as though they are tumbling through or following the line. A lot of this will be solved when you move onto the 250 box challenge.

Good work!

Hello! My name is Dew I'll be giving you some feedback!

Linework

Good work being consistent on your strokes. This can be a bit difficult but I'd like to see you try and really push this, your arm should be very mechanical by the end of doing these so often that you can hit any two dots placed on a page in one clean stroke. I know it's not fun but it pays dividends down the road if you can have it become intuitive over the months moving forward.

In your squares, you should really try and cleanly hit those marks so they feel like polygons drawn by a ruler. Find the center by aiming from one corner to the next. This all hones your accuracy and builds self confidence. Just keep at it!

Ellipses

These look good, I would say that for the first time doing these they're not bad at all. Really get your arm moving when you ghost a bunch then lay down your pen and try to hit the ovoid and try and not have a tail coming off at the end. This is very difficult, good job!

Cubes

These are very good for your first time. I would say a lot of the issues all just go back down to line accuracy, so there isn't much to add here. A lot of this will be solved when you move to the 250 box challenge.

Excellent job on the projected cubes, that looks really fantastic! You should have a really easy time moving forward keep up the good work! The cubes moving through space don't feel like they're tumbling or following the curve. You should be able to intuitively feel this out once you get to the next challenge.

Good job, solid work!

No worries about the coffee, it happens to all of us and honestly it's a sacrifice we need to make to have some good java.

Linework

I would say that this would be where I would try and keep on practicing. Mark two dots on a page and try your best to figure out where your arm likes to make a clean stroke. Once you mechanically figure that out you should be good after a while. It's just all repetition.

Ellipses

Your squares should have the same quality and straightness as your Dot to Dot exercises, keep up with your penmanship there. Your ovoids don't look bad for your first attempt. Really try and touch each line with them, this is a very difficult thing to master.

I wouldn't go over your ellipses more then twice if you can strike the same lines over themselves cleanly if you can't just try and only hit them once so your ovoids don't look like they have tails. Good job on these regardless.

Cubes

These will be improved a lot in your 250 Boxes you'll be doing next, during that exercise I really want you to try and focus on making every line ghosted, straight and clean. You shouldn't do more then 10 boxes in 1 day. That's 2 pages of 5. Don't grind these and take them slowly. Your projected cubes feel a bit constricted but this is a very difficult exercise to do so good job!

For your tumbling cubes you'll gain more incite on how to rotate these in your mind once you complete the 250 boxes! Good work!

First off, congrats on finishing.

It looks by box 160-ish you started really getting the feel for them. It takes a long time to get there some people need more then just 250.

Some of your lines wobbled in places but it's normal when drawing so many of these. Honestly these are very consistant and you made corrections as you kept moving forward. Good variation in box sizes, convergences and they feel solid by the end. I would def say you got a lot out of this. Good job!

They there, I thought I would give some feedback! Good job finishing!

Linework

I think this is the largest flaw I see with this right now. I would absolutely continue moving forward to keep practicing your lines. Drawing two dots on a page, then trying to cleanly strike them, find a position that your arm likes and makes the most straight stroke. Use a ruler, draw a real straight line first then try and match it next to it as well. Train your arm and hand to mechanically draw a clean line at any length across the page. It's not easy but it becomes second nature over time.

Convergences

A lot of your boxes feel very samey, I would try and vary the way they can converge, try and make the converging really extreme and so little it's almost isometric. Play with it, a box is a very invaluable tool, that once honed can pay dividends down the road.

Good job finishing though keep on moving forward!