Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:14 PM, Wednesday July 15th 2020
I am a self taught artist and new to Drawabox.
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10:22 PM, Wednesday July 15th 2020
In plotted perspective, one box is not filled with hatching and hatching of another one extends to vanishing point, be mindfull of those details next time.
Lines
Lines are good, but you fray lines sometimes and arch lines. A little wobble here and there, but not always, be confident when you draw lines, even if they miss.
Remember to place the tip of the pen at starting point, exactly where you want to put it. The lines don't start at starting points mostly in box exercises, probably due to distraction that is drawing boxes, remember to focus on lines when you draw.
Your lines suffer from arching a little bit, probably due to the fact that you do not use your shoulder pivot, but elbow pivot. Try to use your shoulder more, and what helps a lot for me is having my drawing surface at an angle so I can engage shoulder more (nothing complex, just a board supported by some books).
ellipses
Ellipses look great, one detail is that you sometimes do a lot of rounds around the ellipse. Two loops are totally enough, and I think more than that results just in scribbly mess. Other than that, good job.
boxes
As I said, your lines are worst when you draw boxes, remember to make dots inbetween the lines and then use ghosting method to draw a straight line, don't freehand the line while guessing at what angle to place it relative to the box. You will get more "box intuition" in 250 box challange so focus on making straight lines while drawing boxes, and thinking in perspective.
In rotated boxes exercise, the "box ball" is half the size. That's a mistake because when you make bigger boxes, it shows where you make mistakes so you can learn from them. Other than that it looks good.
You are ready for 250 box challange, just be confident in your lines and use ghosting method.
Next Steps:
First of all, congratulations on finishing lesson 1! Your next step is the box challenge.
As I marked this as complete, you are now qualified to critique lesson 1 submissions.
-Doing critiques is a way of learning and solidifying concepts.
-Another thing is that as the number of current submissions is super high, if you critique some critiques, those would be less critiques I'd have to critique before reaching your next submissions, so you'd get your critiques faster.
It's totally optional of course, I won't force anyone to give critiques. But me and the other people who are critiquing would be super grateful if you gave it a shot.
Good luck on the box challenge, and keep up the good work!
NOTE: here's a quick guide on critiquing lesson 1 submissions.
There are a few people that feel hesitant to critique because they feel they aren't ready to it so hopefully it'll help you in case you are one of those people.
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