First of all, congrats on finishing Lesson 1!

I looked at your exercises. Were you rushed while doing them? It looks like you drew things so fast. Some of the cubes in the later exercises are very wobbly and don't seem solid.

For example, your rotated boxes are not that great, as in some boxes seem to be out of perspective and not related to the rotation altogether. Also, your rough perspective pages seem to be made in a rush.

However, you DID understand what there was to understand in the exercises and perfection isn't any student's goal here. So, I'll mark your lesson as complete. Though in the future, make sure not to make these mistakes, especially since you'll be tackling the 250 boxes challenge :

• Draw through every box - You did miss some back corners here and there, and

• Ghost your lines before drawing them - you'll need to make an effort to make your boxes look solid, instead of wobbly and sketchy.

Hi there,

Congratulations on completing Lesson 1 of DrawABox! The first step can often be the hardest, so good work on making it this far!

Beginning with your overall linework, your initial exercises show promising signs with minimal degrees of fraying and arcing taking place. However, I can’t help but notice that upon reaching the rough perspectives assignment, your lines begin to show a visible increase in wobbliness. If we return to your two pages of ghosted planes, your lines are pretty much spot on, so you have already proven you can utilize the ghosting method effectively. I’d recommend using the same method you used on your ghosted planes for future linework. Don’t be afraid to return to the course pages to refresh your memory on what strategies work best.

One final note on your lines, I do see instances where you repeat or redo lines that weren’t quite accurate the first time you drew them. This is super common, but isn’t something that is encouraged. Don’t worry if your first line is way off, proceed as if it had been drawn perfectly.

Alright, moving on to your ellipses. Honestly, your ellipses look great! I particularly respect the effort you put into your tables. You have a monumental variety of both shape and quantity in your ellipses. Regarding your spacing, I do see some situations where the ellipses are a bit too spread out. This is in contrast to the times where they are overlapping each other, specifically your smaller ellipses. If you find this to be a recurring theme in your work, it might be beneficial to consciously remind yourself to slow down when working with smaller ellipses.

Let's finish up by discussing your boxes. In your rough perspectives, my biggest concern is that your lines are not being extended out towards the horizon line. This is essential in visualizing errors in your covergances, and is a core element in the 250 box challenge. Additionally, I do see some degree of guesswork happening whereby lines are neither perpendicular nor parallel to the horizon line. However, it’s not to an extreme, and it looks as though you have already taken strides in ironing that out.

Honestly, I don’t see any obvious mistakes in reference to your rotated boxes and organic perspective exercises. Perhaps the only thing would be a few specific places where there’s a bit too much space between the boxes in your rotated boxes assignment. Ideally, they’d all be tightly packed with the corners in close proximity to one another. This helps make it easier to use the neighboring shapes as reference. But in truth, this assignment is extremely difficult, and I can’t see any missing boxes, or any that weren’t drawn though. As such, I’d say you did a solid job on it.

If I could make a few suggestions before heading off to the 250 box challenge, it would be to first return to your rough perspectives and extend those lines out to the horizon. Make sure you do this during the challenge as well. I’d also like to suggest taking 10-15 minutes before each session to warm up with your choice of box exercises.

I believe that’s everything! Sorry for writing such a long-winded critique, but I hope it helps you grow as an artist!

Once again, congratulations, and good luck in the 250 box challenge!