Excellent submission! I usually go through them one section at a time, but since this is so well done, I’ll just give you some general tips, instead.
The first one, is in regards to your ghosted lines. Be careful not to correct an incorrect line- either fully (like you’ve done in the rough perspective exercise), or partially, i.e. by extending it (like you’ve done in the ghosted planes exercise.) If a line is wrong, it’s wrong. Also, see if you can use start/end points for all of your lines. This includes the non-diagonal center lines of your planes.
The second one, is in regards to your ellipses. Rather than flicking your pen off the page at the end of the 2-3 rotations, see if you can lift it off the page, maintaining the ghosting motion until it’s off. It should help you maintain the current trajectory, rather than run off-course at the end. Also, aligning your ellipses to a minor axis is a skill that’ll be really important in the latter lessons, so see if you can continue practicing it. Though a lot of your funnels are good, not all of the ellipses are cut into 2 equal, symmetrical halves as they should be.
Finally, feel free to place some points to plan out your composition, before beginning an exercise. It might not be perfect, but it should help you fill out more of your page.
Congrats on an excellent submission, and consider it complete.
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Thanks man,
I see what you mean about the lines, I will have to fight my impulses here nad I will ad starting points to all my lines from now on. I do planes allmost every day as warm up.
Regarding ellipses, they are hard to do, so so hard to do. I totally get what you mean with the symmetrical halves and its something I try to work on all the time I draw them but I havent added an minor axis when I practice I will do that from now on.
The flicking is something I have to really work on its a bad habit that I didnt even think of.
Thanks again now I have more to ad to my almost daily practice.
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