thesilkynerd

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  • Basics Brawler
    1:53 PM, Saturday August 26th 2023

    Hey Uncomfortable,

    With the course complete, I wanted to thank you for what you have done with drawabox. I stumbled on it through reddit a few years ago and while it took me longer than most to finish it, I cannot tell you how transformative it has been. So many art instructors talk about understanding form in their books: Loomis and Vilppu and Robert Beverly Hale and just about everybody else, and yet they spend so little time teaching how to do it. Drawabox got me there. And it's more than just drawing; I am an educator and have learned so much about how to learn, instruct, and give feedback. So much of teaching can be a thankless job, and I know that many people that start the course bail before it's done, but what you have accomplished is extraordinary. So thank you for putting in all the work. It's an absolute treasure.

    Silky

    7:30 PM, Wednesday July 1st 2020

    Thanks Uncomfortable! This is really helpful and encouraging, and, as always, your attention to detail and thorough feedback is remarkable. I'm looking forward to jumping into lesson 3.

    11:45 PM, Wednesday June 10th 2020

    Thank you so much! This is really encouraging.

    9:31 PM, Wednesday June 10th 2020

    Thank you for your review and critique! I appreciate your thoroughness and encouragement.

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Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.

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