Hello! Here is your feedback for the Lesson 1 exercises. Overall, great work completing the homework.

Overall Feedback

• It appears you are using a ballpoint. The course is designed around the clear, consistent line weight fineliners provide. I'd highly recommend getting a set of Sakura Microns or a similar brand. A ballpoint pen is the recommended alternative but only for 250 boxes and lesson 1.

• Your overall line quality is excellent. Your marks are confident, smooth, and consistent across all the exercises, which shows a strong understanding of the core mark-making principles. However you did do some mistakes in the rotated boxes.

• I'm noticing a recurring habit of drawing through your ellipses many more times than the recommended 2-3 passes. While it can feel like this helps, it actually becomes a crutch that hides the true shape of the ellipse you've drawn. Try to trust the ghosting method and limit yourself to just 2-3 confident rotations.

• Your work shows an excellent level of care and attention to detail. You've clearly read the instructions for each exercise thoroughly and followed the process exactly as described. This methodical approach is fantastic and will help you build a very strong foundation.

• You're doing a fantastic job of thinking and drawing in three dimensions. Your boxes feel solid and volumetric, not like flat shapes. It's clear you are visualizing them as real objects in space, which is the most important takeaway from these exercises.

Here is the feedback broken down by exercise:

Lines

Superimposed Lines

• Your lines in the superimposed exercise are confident and straight. Great work on avoiding hesitation and steering the stroke!

• You're doing a great job of placing your pen down deliberately before starting your superimposed lines, avoiding fraying at the start.

Ghosted Lines

• Your ghosted lines are very well-executed, showing a clear commitment to the stroke without hesitation. This demonstrates a good understanding of the process.

• Excellent work keeping your ghosted lines straight! This shows you are effectively compensating for the natural arc of your arm by drawing from the shoulder.

Ghosted Planes

• You maintained the same quality of linework in your Ghosted Planes as you did in the Ghosted Lines, showing that you're giving each line the required time and focus.

Ellipses

Tables of Ellipses

• You've followed the instructions for the table of ellipses perfectly by drawing through them the correct number of times.

• You are correctly limiting your passes to 2-3 rotations.

• Your ellipses in the table fit snugly within their spaces, showing you are aiming for the target correctly.

• Your ellipses are evenly shaped and smoothly executed. This demonstrates good use of the ghosting method and drawing from your shoulder.

Ellipses in Planes

• Great job in the Ellipses in Planes exercise! You're consistently making your ellipses touch all four edges.

• Even with the added challenge of the planes, your ellipses maintain their even, smooth shape. Excellent focus on confident mark-making!

Funnels

• You've done a great job ensuring your ellipses touch the edges of the funnel.

• Fantastic work on the funnels exercise! Your ellipses show a clear attempt to align to the central minor axis.

Boxes

Plotted Perspective

• You've correctly used a ruler for the Plotted Perspective exercise. Following the instructions precisely is a key part of the lesson.

• Your vertical lines are perfectly perpendicular to the horizon. This shows great care and attention to detail.

• You've done an excellent job plotting all the horizontal edges back to the correct vanishing points.

Rough Perspective

• You've correctly used a single vanishing point for the rough perspective exercise.

• The front and back faces of your boxes are correctly rectangular, with parallel horizontals and perpendicular verticals.

• You are applying the line extensions correctly to check your convergence. This is a critical skill.

• You are demonstrating good use of the ghosting method for your freehanded lines.

• Great work drawing through your boxes in the Rough Perspective exercise. This is a vital habit for understanding 3D form.

Rotated Boxes

• You've followed the core steps of the rotated boxes exercise perfectly by laying out the axes and squares first.

• The gaps between your rotated boxes are tight and consistent. This shows good estimation and careful placement.

• Your boxes are genuinely rotating in space, with their vanishing points shifting as they turn. This is a core concept that you've grasped well!

• Excellent work drawing through your boxes ('x-ray' vision'). This is vital for understanding them as 3D forms.

• Great job completing the full set of rotated boxes, even the challenging ones at the corners!

-I am noticing a pattern of drawing a line twice or thrice. While this can "feel" more accurate, it significantly decreases the quality of the lines. I used to do this and I still struggle to this day with it.

Organic Perspective

• You're using the ghosting method effectively in the organic perspective exercise, resulting in confident, clean lines.

1. I've noticed some cases of divergence in your organic perspective boxes (lines that should be converging are instead spreading apart). This means you need to give yourself more time during the planning phase of your lines.

• You've applied a nice, subtle degree of foreshortening to your boxes. The gradual convergence feels consistent and believable.

• Excellent work pushing the variety in your forms! Your boxes have dynamic rotations and proportions, which shows you're actively exploring 3D space and not just staying in a comfort zone.