Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:05 PM, Friday July 10th 2020

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Hello there,

I am looking forward for your comments!

Best,

P.s. I am a monocular person which means I only have a sight on my right eye and my left eye blind. If you have any tips to improve my ability to draw on these homeworks or in general drawing, all welcome :)

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10:50 AM, Wednesday July 22nd 2020

Hey and congratulations on finishing lesson 1!

Unfortunately i don't have any tips specifically for your situation. But i think you did great nonetheless!

Here are my thoughts on your submission:

---lines---

Some of your superimposed lines have fraying on both ends, you should pay more attention to where you position your pen before drawing. But lines look smooth so good job on that! However lines in ellipses are often wobbly. Don't forget to use your shoulder and be more confident about your lines!

---ellipses---

It seems like you are drawing through your ellipses more then 2-3 times. Its better than not drawing through them at all, however it's not ideal. Whenever you are drawing, you are making a decision about how something should look - for example, how would ellipse look if it had to fit a certain plane. And the way you initially draw it is very important cause it shows a lot about where exactly you were off and what your tendencies are. And by trying to fix your attempt too much (drawing through more times than stated, in case of DaB) you just making everything look messy and it's harder to see the mistakes, hence fix them in the future. I'm not sure if this reasoning was explicitly stated in the lessons, but i think it's a good thing to keep in mind.

Also some of your ellipses in tables aren't touching the boundaries. And you did well on funnels, good job!

---boxes---

In rotated boxes you stretched out the width of the box the further you rotated it, when you should have done the opposite. For this reason it looks kinda weird and not like you rotated a certain box. But this exercise is a literal nightmare, so no reason to feel bad about it.

And there's a lot of diverging happening in your free hand boxes, but that's okay at this stage. You'll get better with practice!

Next Steps:

250 boxes. And don't forget to rest and draw for fun!

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4:07 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020

Lori, you are awesome, I'll keep all in my mind!

Lori and others who agree with Lori's comments

thank you so much, now I am moving on the 250 boxes.

all the best and stay healthy :)

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