speaksincolor

Thanks! I've been experimenting with the Ys as much as I can and seeing how that changes the rotation. I didn't understand that the sides weren't supposed to be parallel until a friend explained to me what I was missing regarding vanishing points -- which I still don't fully understand, but it's getting somewhere closer.

I am doing the 250 challenge which thus far is going okay, if still slightly frustrating. But they're looking more like what I'm intending at long last.

Hi Rob, here's the link to the fresh ellipse page: https://imgur.com/EKd9PfU

• I'm pretty sure that one was a practice one I drew and then I put Drawabox down for two weeks, came back and forgot to do more of them! I see that some of these are off-center, but isn't that determined by the frame I drew rather than the ellipses themselves? Not sure how to correct for that. I know a lot of wobbles happened because I revert to using my wrist while trying to draw on a lap desk, so I'll try to make sure I always practice on a flat table for these.

I actually thought the boxes were supposed to be constructed using parallel lines because I didn't internalize how vanishing points actually affect what I'm supposed to do to the box itself. After a friend helped me conceptualize it in words, I think I understand it a bit better, but I definitely have trouble seeing the difference between rotating the boxes and just placing them further back! I'll keep working on it in the 250 box exercise. I have a lot of trouble seeing geometric concepts the way most people do because of the dycalculia issue, so it's going to be a lot of learning individual rules until I can grasp the whole thing.

Thanks for your feedback!!!!

I struggle with impatience, too, both with myself and with the process. I've found that it helps me to know when to set a drawing down, and only to start drawing when I have a good long time to spend on it without any particular hurry.

Setting a timer is also a good idea, either to limit yourself to 5 minutes so you have to use that time efficiently, or setting it for say, half an hour, and knowing you have to use all that time on a very simple exercise.

I'm a little guilty of multitasking ; I'll put on an audiobook so that my ADHD brain can give the excess energy to listening instead of trying to hurry. I don't know if this is great for learning, but it's let me stick to my exercises and do them at a slower pace than I might've otherwise.

Thank you, that actually does help a lot!