Thank you for the critique! Appreciate it very much, I'll follow your advice, you're right I was confused with the cast shadows. Thanks for the tip as well about cast shadows, I never thought about deciding how big my shadows will be in my drawings.
some lines are scratchy, i could also see clean up passes? and in form intersections some are not equilateral, contour lines in last exercise should meet the end sides of the beans and i there is a pencil shading, instruction was hatching. those are some mistakes that i saw, very much the same as mine hahaha. cool textures btw, Good work!
some ellipses and contours are not following the minor axis and the contour lines in the last exercise is confusing. Sizes of shapes in form intersections are not equilateral and there are wrong intersections. (same as mine haha) Lines are confident and smooth, and details and texture are so cool! Over-all good work!
Hello there, i'm by no means an expert but I also experienced the same thing as you; where learning from draw a box is easier than learning on my own i was also learning figure drawing at the same time as draw a box. this is what I did: draw a lot of gesture drawing as exercises, i swear it really helps in observing through your naked eye. In 30 minutes you can draw 20+ sketches. Then critique after every page of sketch. A good figure drawing tells motion, is exaggerated, the center of axis follows the spine, the spine and legs are somehow connected. There is balance, and the body should be asymmetrical. Then you can proceed to actual figure drawing, learnings in draw a box can be applied in figure drawing actually. Try to see the shapes of the human figure, it it's still hard for you the 250 box challenge can really help, and also drawing from real life especially still life objects- drawing things around my house greatly helps improve my observations through naked eye, like a lot. draw a box helped me understand how form sits in space and a little perspective. As for checking my own figure drawings? I watch video critiques of Proko and review the books/pictures i've read/saw on figure drawing.
As for your way of approaching 250 box challenge that's really useful, your technique of placing your pen parallel to the existing line is not completely breaking the purpose of mark making. maybe you could use it to mark and place dots, as long as you still ghost your lines. no problem with that. and it definitely didn't defeat the purpose of challenge and it's not cheating. My tip in drawing boxes is yes one of it is compare the angles of each line in a set of parallels. 2. observe your first 3 "Y" lines on where they are going and ghost the lines parallel to them, after, place a dot to mark where the line should end. 3. always rotate your paper and observe the box in different angles.
and before you learn shading, learn how shapes sit in 3D space first, as this could be easier.
so in summary for my learning draw a box-gesture-figure-still life. after each mistake, analyze critique and draw again. You should also draw what ever you want so that you won't get burned out easily.
Remember: shapes, proportion, perspective, gesture--->colors,values, shading-->composition,anatomy,technique
Well done! You've understood the exercise. You're good in eyeballing as usual. There are no depth lines that connects to the frame. I can also see that there are more lines that are perpendicular to the horizon line and and run along the horizon line.
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I think you understand the lessons, so i think u should go the next lessons.
I am a beginner, so I'm just going to give feedback based on Uncomfortable's instructions, observations and from what I learned. Your lines are looking smooth in both lessons 1 and 2. You have a good accuracy in your ghosting lines. Most lines hit the dots.
I think you should ghost more of your ellipses, and in funnels some of the ellipses do not follow the minor axis. In the rough perspective your lines are little bit wobbly. Some of the lines of the front face of the box are not perpendicular to the horizontal line and vertical lines, but I can see you are trying to work on it.Some boxes also look a little bit distorted, but you are good in eyeballing where the lines should hit the VP.
I think you should ghost lines more as a warm-up before you draw anything.
Good job!
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As you've help me critique my work, I'll also critique your work. I am a beginner and I will give feedback base on my understanding, instructions by Uncomfortable and observations. In my honest opinion, In your superimposed lines your lines are good but some of the longer lines are wobbly. I suggest you change your speed and execute your lines confidently. The goal in this lesson is to improve confidence making smooth lines. Accuracy is only a second matter. In ghosted lines, your accuracy is really good, however "maybe" because you mind too much on your accuracy, you forgot to make your lines smooth and confident. Accuracy and confidence is important in this lesson. Overall they're good.
I have observed that you are more confident in drawing ellipses than lines. Most of your ellipses fit on the planes and they're smooth-looking. My only concern in your table of ellipses is that there are spaces. All ellipses should snuggle and be fit inside the plane.
In your plotted perspective, there are some boxes that have scratchy lines. Other than that, the direction of the lines towards the VP are correct as well as the space between the two VPs. There are no distorted boxes. Over-all it's good. For your boxes in rough perspective and organic perspective. Youhave a sense of where the box will be facing. The boxes are actually rotating, the gaps are narrow and consistent which is good, however some lines are a little bit scratchy and messy. I think you have the sense of perspective and you understand it and it will improve more in 250 box challenge.
I suggest to perform ghosted lines as warm-up before drawing. It improves confidence and accuracy.
Good job!
P.S english is not my first language but I hope you understand
Thank you for the critique, and I think your right. I'll make another frame of rough perspective. :))
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