Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:35 AM, Tuesday July 20th 2021
I didn't take photo of ghosted planes before drawing ellipses in them.
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6:43 PM, Tuesday July 20th 2021
Hello there!
Lets take a look at your submission!
lines
Starting with the superimposed lines exercise, I spot a considerable amount of fraying on both ends. This usually means the student is not taking their time when making their mark. You should place your pen down carefully at the beginning of the line to prevent this from happening. This is something that is also noticeable at the ghosted lines exercise, with lines that miss both dots. Taking your time to line up your pen at the starting dot prevents this from happening. Id also suggest to draw some longer lines the size of the page, so you could practice the longer lines as well.
Also, there are some lines that show signs of wobbliness. Remember, confidence should always be prioritized over accuracy. Luckily, it seems to get better over the course of the planes exercise.
elipses
Looking at the elipses in planes, I notice wobbling on some of these. That is kind of unfortunate, since the table of elipses and funnels looked a lot better (altough there are some slight wobbles there, too). Remember that with elipses, just like lines, confidence should always be prioritized over accuracy and be drawn using your whole arm.
Also, if you ever feel like challenging yourself with the funnels, you could try to increase the degree of the elips the more you move outward of the center, like described here.
boxes
You did the plotted perspective exercise as instructed - not much to add here.
The wobbliness in lines seem to make a return on the rough perspective exercise, so remember to focus on confidence with the boxes as well.
The rotated boxes look great. On the right side of the exercise there are some boxes that could use a little more rotation, but it still looks great nonetheless. Good job!
The organic perspective exercise looks decent. I am happy to see a lot of improvement on line quality, so good job! There are some boxes that have some issues with the convergences of the lines, but that is something you'll get more used to when doing the box challenge.
I'll mark this lesson as complete and I think you are ready to move on to the 250 box challenge. Do not forget to include theses exercises in your daily warmups, and, of course, good luck!
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 box challenge.
5:39 AM, Wednesday July 21st 2021
thanks for this in depth critique of my homework!
I will surely work on my confidence in my lines as I include these exercises in daily warmup.
on to the 250 boxes challenge ???????
8:12 AM, Wednesday July 21st 2021
No problem! And yes, you may move on to the 250 box challenge! I wish you the best of luck!
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