Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:50 PM, Friday April 30th 2021
Hello! i really hope these are good enough to move onto lesson 2 i really tried my hardest but i understand if i should retry lesson 1, thanks.
Hey Kruczynski, congrats on finishing Lesson 1!
With your super imposed lines assignment I see your lines do fray near the end. That is completely normal especially for beginners. A good tip is if you notice your lines bowing in one direction, is to force yourself to draw a line that feels like it almost bows in the other direction to counteract it. Eventually you'll be drawing pretty straight lines.
Your ghosted lines assignment and ghosted planes assignment are done very well. Good job on your ghosted planes especially! I like to use this exercise when warming up. I don't know what pen you are using but I noticed that they appear to be drying up. However, if your pens aren't drying up this is caused from not pushing your pen to the paper hard enough which was a habit I had early on to DaB.
Good job with your ellipses. They are a very good exercise to use when warming up and you've done them well.
With your rough perspective exercise, you are not drawing the edge of the box towards the vanishing point. I understand that the concept of a vanishing point can be difficult to understand but I highly recommend rereading thorough the lesson and giving this one another chance. I am awful at explaining vanishing points but a good way to visualize the lines that will be going to the vanishing point in one point perspective is by holding a small box like a tissue box in front of you with one of the sides facing you. Have one hand on the left and right side each. Notice the lines on the sides of the box that are parallel with your arms. Notice how they seem to converge together to a point somewhere in the distance like this "/\". You are trying to recreate this with this lesson here. Again, my best suggestion is just reading through the assignment again and watch the video Uncomfortable posted.
Good job with the rotated boxes assignment! It is a really difficult task and completing it is 90% of the work. In my opinion, this exercise is more mental than to enforce any techniques. You're going to be experiencing a lot of roughness when practicing through these exercises and finishing is more to prove yourself that you can over come any mental roadblocks. My only critique is your lines appear wobbly when going towards the vanishing point. Remember to ghost your lines. When you proceed to the 250 box challenge, you will have a lot of opportunities to practice that so don't worry.
You're organic box assignment is good. I notice some of the boxes are out of perspective because the lines dont converge to a vanishing point but don't worry. You'll be getting a lot of practice in the 250 box exercise.
Next Steps:
I recommend doing the rough perspective exercise again. Once you do, you are ready for the 250 box exercise.
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