https://imgur.com/a/6KaKvKx
Here's some extra homework)
TEXTURES.
I can't do it, maybe I need to look at more detailed tutorials outside of this course on textures.
I try to draw only shadows, and it turns out to be some crap)
I didn't expect anyone to analyze the homework for lesson 2. Because there is more work than in lesson 1.
Thank you so much for taking on this. Helping newbies to progress.
Nice job, the confidence in your arrows and organic forms has definitely improved. Only thing I'd point out is that in arrow 3 the hatching is on the wrong sides of the ribbon, making it seem that your arrow is not in perspective but diverging (here's a concrete example of what I mean: https://imgur.com/uclExCh). You textures are mostly ok, but I will point out again that one of them, specifically the tulip, is not really a texture but a geometric component of the flower (you will see more on this point in lesson 3). Regarding your difficulty with texture I'd say don't be discouraged by unsatisfactory results. This may be an unfamiliar problem to you and there's no guarantee that we will be good at new problems from the get go (in fact, that's almost never the case). Don't worry if you make mistakes or you results don't look good to you, making mistakes is part of our learning experience and in the long run ends up actually enriching you. You should think about your mistakes the same spirit of this famous quote attributed to Edison: "I didn't fail 10000 times to create a lightbulb, I simply found 10000 ways it doesn't work". You will surely benefit from looking at external sources, but in the end I think it's all a matter of training your eye at identifying detail, and that will come with practice and careful study of what you are trying to reproduce. For this reason, you may want to try and slowly tackle the 25 texture challenge along with the main course work (if you do, don't try and complete it in one go, it's meant to be a companion content for the other lessons).
I will go on and mark your lesson as complete. Hope lesson 3 will be as enjoyable to you as it was to me. Good luck and good work!
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Lesson 3
Maybe I need to look more closely at the assignments for the lessons. because I drew that tulip as a flower in a section. maybe I needed to show the texture of the section of something, not just a cut,
and not just something in a section.
Do I need to practice a little before doing the test homework?
I mean, I do my homework right after watching the video (warm-up and then the assignment).
For example, the task of organic arrows, maybe I need to do 3 pages first to understand how it all works.
And then only do it on other sheets to check.
It's so uncomfortable to say that we are not drawing to hang it on the fridge. But if I need to make more attempts to understand. Maybe there will be fewer mistakes and less work for those who give criticism if I make at least 3 attempts and analyze what I have done before sending it for criticism.
Once again, I want to thank you for helping beginners for free.
I'd say do as you did up until now. It's true that if you do some "test homework" before corrections become easier, but they also end up masking a bit what is the true level of your current abilities. You could always pick a third way: for multi-page exercises do the first page right after you've read/watched the lesson, try to compare your results with the lesson notes and then do it again, eventually with some "studies" where you try to figure out what can be improved before finishing the exercise. Either way, it's really just a matter of practice. You'll be surprised by how some things will just kind of start make sense to you on their own just through repetition and critically applying the rules of each challenge. In addition to that, lesson 3 is the pivot point where many concepts that have been illustrated will find their application, besides being lots of fun in my opinion.
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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