Partial Lesson 1 Submission (1 / 10 exercises)
6:57 PM, Saturday February 8th 2020
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7:02 AM, Sunday February 9th 2020
Good job on making sure they only fray at one end Jods. They are looking quite wobbly though. Make sure you are using your shoulder and don't worry about accuracy yet. Instead once you put down the pen on paper draw the line with one confident motion. It might help to draw do a couple by ghosting a few yimes then closing your eyes when you place the pen on the paper. That way you wont be able to subconsciously correct your line and you'll be able to learn what it feels like.
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7:51 PM, Monday February 10th 2020
Thanks, so I should do more of this homework? thanks
10:29 AM, Tuesday February 11th 2020
No, move on to the next task. Just add this one to your 10-15 min warm up. That way you can improve without grinding. The point of the homework isn't to do it perfectly first time, just to introduce you to the concepts and get feedback on it. The warm up is where you spend the time to get good at it.
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