Hi WLD1, congrats on completing lesson 1!

Let's review those exercises.

Your lines are actually really good! I can see a lot of confidence in your strokes. There are no wobbly lines and it never frays on the starting dot. It is evident that you planned out each line and executed it confidently. There are only few minor errors and I can see that some lines tend to arch a bit in your ghosted planes.

This mostly happens because you are not using your shoulder pivot. As you mentioned, drawing from your shoulder over a shorter distance felt awkward because we almost always use our elbow pivot to do that, and doing it with our shoulder just feels unnatural. Don't worry about it because it comes with time, just remember to correct it when you see yourself sliding towards your elbow. Additionally, it can be fixed by consciously arching towards the opposite direction.

Your ellipses are pretty decent. It sometimes wobbles around but you improve on each page so keep it up! Remember to stay confident and be follow the rhythm as you ghost over these ellipses.

In the boxes section, you had some issues as you said. The lines tend to wobble, so make sure you rotate your paper and always draw in the most comfortable way (which is mostly 45 degrees towards your dominant hand). In the mean time, keep in mind that once you have plotted the dots of a box, try to focus in drawing from one point to another. This way you can think of it as a series of ghosted lines and it allows your brain to take less pressure in drawing a box.

I am really impressed with your rotated boxes! The lines are clean and confident. The boxes are all rotating properly.

Your rough perspective is also very good, and in Lesson 1, you showed a firm understanding in perspective and spatial reasoning.

Overall, your exercises are mostly good and you have comprehended the lesson very well. Take into account to practice those lines and ellipses in your warm-ups to build confidence and some shoulder muscle. I'll give you the pass for lesson 1 and lead you towards the 250 box challenge!

And lastly, don't forget to abide to the 50% rule as the next challenge will be a tedious one!