5:47 PM, Thursday November 7th 2024
Great job on completing lesson 1!
A general thought first: There seems to be a lot of unused space on some of your homework pages (specifically ghosted lines, superimposed lines, and plotted perspective). Try to use your available space more! This will provide you with more practice, which will turn into improvement.
Ghosted Lines: Seems to have a lot of wobbly movement, especially on the shorter lines. Remember to draw from your shoulder so the outcome becomes a confidently executed line. I personally find the shorter lines harder to draw with my shoulder because it feels more natural to draw with my elbow/wrist. I have to consciously make this decision before I draw the line. I do see more confident lines as the homework progresses, so good job! Keep in mind the "draw from shoulder" actively instead of passively.
Ghosted Planes: There are some lines that look like you drew over them more than once. I think it is better to see the first mark you make and keep it that way, instead of correcting it with more lines. This will allow you to look at the intention and execution of the line that was drawn, and figure out how it can be improved upon. It gets a little muddled if you have a lot of lines overlapping. I like to do one plane, see where I struggled and then try to execute it better on the next one! Harder said than done... I try to correct my mistakes almost subconsciously. Remember draw from shoulder!! :)
Organic Perspective: A lot of your lines do not go towards the same vanishing point, often times they are going in complete opposite directions. That is what results in the skewed view of some of the faces on the forms (I hope this makes sense). I would recommend reviewing the Negotiating a corner section of the homework page. Finding a compromise between the two corners before you draw an edge will help with this! One thing I really like about your organic perspective page is that is does look like the forms are getting further away from the viewer (this is something I struggled with).
Next Steps:
I think the building blocks are there and you're ready for the box challenge! There will be a lot of practice in it and you can keep these points in mind as you do the box challenge and your warm ups:) glhf!