Hello I'll be wrapping up the critiques for your submissions, since I’m very tired of critiquing lesson 1 homework. I can see that Raquelley has generously given you a critique but I think it lacks a some guidance.

-So starting with the organic arrows section, you are drawing them with a good deal of confidence, this helps you to capture their fluidity and how they move through space.

I think you are nailing the foreshortening and the perspective, just keep in mind that the negative space between the zigzagging sections of the ribbon has to decrease as it moves further away as shown here.

-This fluidity carries over pretty well on to your leaves, you are doing a good job adding the little bumps and cuts into the existing structure, but I’d suggest that you try more complex leave structures like the maple leaves shown here

-There are a number of things I want to call out on the branches exercise.

• Make sure each segment extends fully halfway to the next ellipse. Most of yours do, but there are some that fall a bit short.

• Try to use that last 'tail' of the previous segment as a runway, overlapping it directly before shooting off towards the next target. As demonstrated here, this along with the previous point's extension to that midpoint helps to achieve a smoother, more seamless transition from segment to segment.

• Make sure you are cognizant of the degree shifts of each ellipse, I think you have kept them in mind but take more time to consider and ghost your marks so you can get better results.

So now let’s move on to the plant constructions

-Your results vary from case to case, but it is important that you do not skip any constructional steps, you want to clearly set up a preceding structure for each element of your drawing, this should be your focus, remember that we are not learning to draw any subject in specific but to use the constructional methods and principles of mark making to good effect.

-Taking a look at your rose and sunflower, make sure you draw the entirety of each petal/leaf, each one has to be clearly defined and is no less important for being part of a larger group of leaves.

-You did an excellent job with the demos following each step and executing them to the best of your ability, but I do not think that this carried over to your own plant constructions.

So you are moving in the right direction, and your mistakes are just a matter of approach, so I want to make a few suggestions to you

• Draw one thing at a time, and focus on every single mark. Use the ghosting method to ensure that you're considering what each mark's purpose is, and how you're going to achieve it best. If you have a plant with many leaves, each individual leaf's flow line is no less important for being part of a larger group.

• Draw each form in its entirety. There will be circumstances where, say, a flower has so many petals that they overlap one another. Instead of allowing the petals to cut each other off, draw each and every one in its entirety. These are all just exercises in spatial reasoning, and drawing each form in its entirety will help you better understand how those forms relate to one another in 3D space.

honestly im miles behind on my drawabox journey but looking at your plants has made me really exvited ro continue, they look amazing! i especially like that mushroom and the sunflower, they look so organic and 3d, the lines are really nice. i noticed on a few of the drawings that your lines arent as confident and you dont follow the flow as consistently (such as on the fly-trap looking plant) which makes it look slightly less realistic and natural as the others. i would focus on making all your lines as confident as on that round mushroom guy, £3's great.