Hi, I would love to see some of your work from the Dynamic sketching course, as I'm thinking of starting it too after finishing drawabox.
Thank you ;)
Thank you very much for your feedback, I will try to focus more on the issues mentioned.
About the pens, I have two brands - Staedtler and Uni Pin, both 0.5mm, but I have a bit of a problem with both, using them gradually but quite quickly sort of reduces the amount of ink they leave on the paper and also loses the ability to draw at a slight angle. When I decide to replace the pen with a new one, the lines are noticeably different, thicker.
I use the older pens, which write noticeably thinner, for warm ups and drawing "for fun", while I use the "fresher" pens for assignments.
I also have quite an interesting and somewhat funny, probably psyche influenced problem with the certainty of my lines, I think my warm ups and drawings for fun are more certain and accurate than assignments :) I suppose time and mileage will sort it out.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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