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2:12 AM, Tuesday September 1st 2020
Congratulations on completing the 250 Box Challenge! You did a great job overall and I can see a lot of good improvement in your work.
When I compare your early pages of boxes to your final sets I can see that your mark making improves and your lines look straighter and more confident overall. You showed some good improvement with adding additional line weight to your boxes. You also show progress with getting your sets of parallel lines to converge more consistently towards their shared vanishing points.
One thing I notice about your boxes is that you drew them quite small. In the future you should draw your boxes larger so that you can get more out of your practice. Drawing bigger helps engage your brain's spatial reasoning skills, whereas drawing smaller impedes them. Drawing small can also cause some people to hesitate more or cause them to use their wrist rather than their shoulder when executing their lines, which I think may have happened with your boxes.
You did make some progress with drawing your lines straighter and more confidently but there is still room for improvement. Keep in mind as you progress through Drawabox and begin to construct more complex forms that it is important to put in the time and focus required to execute each line correctly and to apply the ghosting method to every step of the process, as explained here. I would also recommend that you read this comment by Uncomfortable, where he talks more about hesitation.
Finally while your convergences do improve overall I think this diagram will help you further develop that skill as you continue through Drawabox. So, when you are looking at your sets of lines you want to be focusing only on the lines that share a vanishing point. This does not include lines that share a corner or a plane, only lines that converge towards the same vanishing point. Now when you think of those lines, including those that have not been drawn, you can think about the angles from which they leave the vanishing point. Usually the middle lines have a small angle between them, and this angle will become negligible by the time they reach the box. This can serve as a useful hint.
I am going to ask that you make 10 more boxes before moving on to lesson 2. Be sure that you read all of the links I have left for you here before starting. There are a few things that I am looking for in your revision.
First, I would like to see you draw your boxes much larger. Keep doing 5-6 per page and leave room for you to check your convergences. Second, I will be looking at the quality of your mark making. I would like your lines to show more confidence and less hesitation. Just remember that the confidence of the stroke is far and away your top priority. Accuracy is something that you will improve on as you continue working through Drawabox and practice ghosting.
Good luck with your boxes!
Next Steps:
10 additional boxes.
7:40 PM, Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Hi,
here are the 10 more boxes.
I struggle expecially at the end of the lines, because I slow down to avoid going beyond the end point
9:45 PM, Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Very good improvement there with your boxes here! They are a good size and your mark making is more confident looking than before.
I read your comment about slowing down to avoid overshooting your lines. As I said before, accuracy is not your most important goal here. Hesitation serves no purpose. Mistakes happen, but a smooth, confident mark is still useful even if it's a little off. While it is important that you use the ghosting method of each mark you make while doing Drawabox one thing you can try to help with ending your marks closer to where you want them is lifting the pen off of the page rather than stopping the motion of your arm.
Keep those things in mind going forward and congrats one last time!
Next Steps:
Continue to lesson 2!
6:17 AM, Thursday September 3rd 2020
I'll keep it in mind and try to lift the pen instead of stopping!
Thanks! :)
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