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9:27 AM, Sunday January 17th 2021

In table and ellipses exercise, your ellipses overlay. Strive to make it touch each other snuggly as the instruction says. The problem might be your control of arm movement. Your lines seem confident enough but it lacks accuracy, so I suggest that you aim for adjusting your line accuracy and weight in ghosting method a bit more.

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I see no problems in your other works. So,I think you can continue Lesson 2 (Just practice ghosting method a bit more). Good luck!

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5:56 PM, Monday January 18th 2021

I agree with the comments, but wanted to add that with your warmups going forward, when doing the funnnel exercise, try to keep the minor axis in mind. This is a hard task, but we should be trying to mirror the ellipse on both sides. (see common mistakes section of this exercise's page).

Remember to do the 250 box challenge before lesson 2! :) Good job!

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