This is a re-summation of my lesson 1 homework for my 2nd time doing drawabox.
I'm back to where I am from last year of summer, Time really files huh? Anyways.
I still wanna learn drawing, nothing's going to change unless I do.
I'II still gonna take this course to the best of my current ability!
Welcome back! And don’t worry, it’s something everyone goes through! Let’s take a look at this then, shall we?
Starting from your superimposed lines, these look solid. They’re smooth, properly lined up at the start, and of a consistent trajectory. Your arcing lines are quite confident, too, and more than a little ambitious. Your ghosted lines/planes are also quite smooth, though you want to be careful that your start/end points are a little smaller. Remember that the idea is for a perfect line to swallow them both.
The table of ellipses exercise looks great! You’ve got a good number of ellipses here, and they’re all of them smooth, rounded, and properly drawn through. I’d stick to 2 rotations, moving forward (mileage is not so important for you anymore as is being clearly aware of your mistakes), and try to draw a little bigger, too. The ellipses in planes maintain that same degree of smoothness/roundness despite these more complex frames. The funnels are a little small, but nicely done, nonetheless. Your ellipses here are snug, and properly cut into equal symmetrical halves by their axes. The increase in degree is sometimes a little inconsistent, but that’s par for the course with such small marks, so nothing to worry about.
The plotted perspective exercise starts its section off well. Your boxes here are well constructed, their back lines correct, and their hatching patient. The rough perspective exercise is in a good place in terms of its convergences/linework. To take it to the next level, I want you to start paying attention to the shapes of your planes! We’re dealing with 1 point perspective, so the near and far planes of our boxes need to be identical in shape, just not size. As such, it makes no sense to have a box with a rectangular front plane, and a square far plane (to take an example from your last frame). If you see that, you know that something has gone wrong, so give things another look. Good work with the rotated boxes exercise. It’s a little hard to look at, given its many points and lines (I’d make my points smaller, and refrain from adding lineweight), but it seems to be mostly correct. This is to say, your boxes are snug, and rotate nicely, and this is the case in the back, also. The organic perspective exercise is nicely done, too. Your boxes here are well constructed, and flow well as a result of their size and foreshortening. Regarding linework, I find that you always need a little less than you think. Honestly, I’d count on even a single superimposed line to communicate the appropriate amount of weight, so try not to overdo it too much.
Next Steps:
I’m marking this lesson as complete, and sending you off to the box challenge. I’d not worry about trying to complete it especially quickly (don’t fall into the trap of thinking ‘I wasted time, so I’ll draw fast to catch up!’); instead, I’d only consider if I’ve completed it well. Go at it slow, and try to do at least 1 box a day, no matter what. That way, you’re also building up a habit, on top of everything else. You’ve got this!
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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