Last post was 09/18/2021. It took me a year and a half to draw 250 boxes. If someone asks me to draw another 50, I'll be back in 2024.
Also, pen ink was running thin for the first ~180 boxes and age wore them down more, sorry in advance for the poor quality there.
Hello, hope it's not too late for you to receive feedback!
Your line work for most construction lines and hatching lines were done pretty well. But there is some wobbling here and there. If you're not spending enough time ghosting, I'd suggest slowing down a bit so your arm can process what it needs to do. Also, if you feel like you messed up a line, don't try to repeat the stroke in order to cover up mistakes. Just move on and aim to not make the mistake in the future.
You've applied the convergence lines correctly. Nice job there
Very nice experimentation on the angles/orientations of the boxes. Keep that up, as drawing from multiple angles will help your understanding of 3D space.
Nice experimentation with the dimensions of boxes (L x W x H). Next step would be to experiment with drawing boxes with equal lengths, widths, and heights (basically drawing just cubes).
Your understanding of line convergences got better over time. There was no real problem of having lines diverge.
Your back/inner corners got better as well.
There were some cases where the lines were too parallel, as opposed to converging.
I'd suggest experimenting with more shallow foreshortening. I noticed that most vanishing points were either on the page, or very close to the boxes. Not that that's wrong, but it would also help to try drawing boxes with far away vanishing points (to the point where the VPs would go out of the page).
When tackling shallow foreshortening, keep in mind that the lines will still not be parallel when drawn. When drawing any box, the lines will still converge, if even just a little.
If you're having trouble with estimating how much a line will converge, here's a diagram that can help: https://i.imgur.com/8PqQLE0.png
Next Steps:
20 more boxes
Things you can work on are:
Shallow foreshortening
making lines not too parallel/trying not to converge in pairs, as shown here: https://imgur.com/KSHwTwo
Not repeating strokes/improving line confidence
Experimenting with the making more tame box dimensions. Try to make boxes that are more cube-like.
Seeing as how going through 250 boxes was tough and long (really nice job trudging through all that!), I'd say you only need to draw 20 more. Just to iron out some mistakes a little. Best of luck!
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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