Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

9:12 PM, Thursday August 4th 2022

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2:52 PM, Friday August 5th 2022

Superimposed lines

There are some wobbly lines but the majority are confident strokes. There is also some arching lines so ensure you are drawing from the shoulder and if your lines keep arching, consciously try and arch in the opposite direction.

Ghosted lines and planes

Generally confident strokes. Improving accuracy improves with time so it's not a big deal your aren't hitting all the points but make sure you ghost until you are confident you will hit the mark and look towards that end point as you draw the line.

Ellipses in planes

These are quite good and well controlled but ensure you are hitting each edges of the bounds of the row.

Funnels

It seems you struggled with this exercise. You need to aim to keep the ellipses within the bounds of the curves. To create the illusion of the changing angle of the ellipses, the ellipses on the outer edge should be wider and toward the centre line, they should become thinner, simulating the turning of ellipses.

Rough perspective

When drawing the edges of the boxes try consciously ghost lines toward the vanishing point to improve accuracy.

Rotated boxes

You have done well rotating the boxes only thing I would say is draw the boxes larger.

Organic perspective

There is a sense of perspective being conveyed but I would say don’t be afraid to overlap boxes to create move depth. Moving forward to 250 box challenge, you will learn how to approach constructing boxes.

I would say generally try not to make the random marks on you work or scribble out mistakes. The dates and timings are fine.

Well done for completing the first lesson!

Next Steps:

Before moving forward, I say do 1 page of funnels. Ensure you take the time to read the lesson AND watch the video before doing the revision.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
9:32 PM, Friday August 5th 2022

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Redid funnels page. Initially I didn't change the degrees of the ellipses because I was first struggling with making the ellipses fit into the arcs, and it was optional.

2:17 PM, Saturday August 6th 2022

Thank you for doing the revision. There is improvement from your initial attempt.

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 box challenge! Good luck!

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