sir, your lines are wobbly! it seems like you take your time with them. dont! lines should start with confidence and it does not matter if they end up somewhere other than where you intend them to go. keep in mind you should try to draw them with your arm not your wrist!
as written here https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/9/wobbling
this problem shows itself in your plains exercise and boxes too!
i would suggest not doing both left to right and right to left at the same time, choosing one and going with that (for a whole page at least), for your brain to get used to drawing without correction.
try doing longer lines that cover the whole page, it might help force you to draw with your shoulder!
Next Steps:
you should do 1-2 more pages of superimposed lines keeping this ( https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/9/wobbling ) in mind. and then a page of ghosted lines. feel confident in straight lines!
Thank You so much Stormfly!
I did a few pages of the Super Imposed Lines as Well as the ghosted lines.
much better! some of your lines are very straight which indicates you are drawing from your shoulder, yet some of them are still wobbly. im not experienced enough to tell what might be causing this issue. im assuming it might be one of these three: 1 you are trying to draw your lines in different angles or 2 you are trying to make them end up on your second point or 3 you arent drawing your lines fask enough and thinking about them.
for the first one, just so you know, you dont need to be able to draw lines on every angle which is mentioned in many videos. you can freely rotate your page so you are comfortable with the angle you are drawing your lines.
for the second issue, level 1 is a straight line which doesn't end up on your second point
level 2 is a straight line overshooting or undershooting your point,
and level 3 is a straight line getting and ending on the point.
to progress to level one i drew fast lines with my shoulder, they ended up with a dramatic angle from where i wanted them to go, when it was straight i tried changing the angle of my paper so it would line up with what lines I'm comfortable with and tried overshooting the lines. when i saw i can get to the point and overshoot it, i tried drawing lines that overshoot less. i didnt change the speed till this point but the i tried lowering the speed of my hand to be more precise on where i und up.
whenever you change something while drawing a line for example the speed of drawing or where you look while drawing if that messes up with your line being straight, stop doing that! ( i tend to look at both ends before drawing and just starting point rather than finish point while drawing the line and it helps me; it might help you too )
and for the third issue stop caring where your line ends up so you get used to straight lines.
remember, in this exercise, it doesnt matter if your lines dont touch the end point!
Next Steps:
i might sound picky but i need you to draw 1-2 more ghosted lines as long as you cant see more than 3 lines wobble. to indicate wobble, pick something straight like a ruler, place it close to your line if your lines gets zigzaggy (close and far from your straight object), that line is wobbly.
dont use the ruler to draw any lines or any other thing in this practice, placing the ruler next to your line only after the page is done just to confirm they dont wobble is optional, it might help, dont draw lines over your lines
This was gold! So I spent a lot of time last night and this morning using the dot trick you mentioned. After ghosting a good bit, staring at my starting point and kind of blurring my vision before I committed to the stroke I think helped a good bit. I also made adjustments to my posture and table to ensure all my motion is coming from my shoulder. I got a pretty thick Sketchbook to set my copy paper on top of that way I can't rest my arm on the desk and I am having to hover my arm above the paper ( I learned very quick how weak my shoulder is)
I also did some experimenting with the angle I made my lines from, I found a diagonal motion from top left down to bottom right was easiest (I am lefty).
The ruler helped a good deal too!
I'm submitting my best two pages of ghosted lines, but I did draw 5 (front and back) in total the first three were "rough"
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