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When it comes to questions of mental health in relation to drawing, I would just recommend seeing a therapist. Looking up tips and tricks to handle your feelings makes the drawing process much more difficult because you'll go through a gratuitous cycle of trial and error; potentially exacerbating your feelings. A therapist is equipped with the skills to help you navigate your feelings to reach the goals you are trying to reach. The faster you deal with the feelings with a professional, the faster you will achieve what you are trying to do.

A doctor is focused on your physical health but a therapist (or a psychiatrist if it comes to that) is focused on your mental health. With that in mind, you will come in contact with therapists that will and will not work for you. Shop around to find one that you are comfortable with.

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).

Hi, I'm Jindigo and I'll be giving feedback on your homework for Lesson 1.

• Your superimposed lines look mostly smooth. I don't see too much wobbling here. Likewise, your ghosted lines and ghosted planes appear straight and confident. The accuracy is pretty good!

• Tables of ellipses: Good job filling the with page with different types of ellipses and trying to stay in the borders. There is room for improvement in keeping the ellipses smoothly shaped and even. Try ghosting more and make sure to draw with the entire arm. This will help prevent those pointy curves and wobbly lines. I noticed some of the ellipses aren't drawn through twice. Drawing through your ellipses twice "helps you maintain the confidence needed to achieve a smooth, even shape" (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/tablesofellipses/drawingthrough).

• Ellipses in planes: You did a better job drawing through your ellipses twice. The ellipses here are smoother, more even, and more confident. You did a pretty good job of trying to touch all 4 edges of the planes.

• Funnels: The ellipses fit quite nicely in each funnel and seem to be drawn through twice. They seem pretty well aligned, too. Only a few of the ellipses are very slightly slanted or off the minor axis.

• Plotted perspective: Nothing really to critique here. Nice job making the hatching straight and even.

• Rough perspective: Good work with drawing towards 1 vanishing point and keeping the boxes mostly rectangular. The line extensions seem to be done correctly. There is some wobbling here that wasn't in your ghosted lines/planes. Keep on ghosting and drawing with your entire arm.

• Rotated boxes: Good job making this quite big and following the steps of the exercise. The gaps between boxes look tight and mostly consistent. Very nice work rotating the boxes, drawing through the boxes, and drawing all the boxes for the set. Some of the lines wobble a little, but most of the lines look smooth and confident.

• Organic perspective: The lines here look smooth and confident. Really nice job making the closer boxes larger and the farther boxes smaller. Most of the parallel edges look like they're converging on the page. Most of the boxes look constructed well without any dramatic foreshortening. Only a few of the boxes look obviously skewed, which tends to be the result of diverging lines. Overall, it seems like you're taking your time in the planning phase to place your various points, which will help as well during the 250 box challenge. Good hatching work, and I really like the "loop-de-loop" you did with some of the boxes here!

Overall, your submitted work suggests that you have a good grasp of the material. Your line quality seems to have improved quite a bit--keep up the good work. No revisions needed. I think you're ready for the 250 box challenge. Congrats!