Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

3:17 PM, Tuesday September 22nd 2020

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so to give a bit of background i am a new comer to drawing and wanted to learn more about art and joined the course

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1:44 PM, Wednesday September 23rd 2020

(Not native speaker)

Lines:

1 and 2 "Fraying on both ends". I notice that you have many lines in which none of the line's endings seems to alling. "The student should place the pen carefully at the beginning of each line so this does not happen"

3 and 4 "Wobble in lines". You don't seem to be doing confident lines, I have the idea that you are movinf the pen slowly, but is better if you just draw it, don't worry so much about accuracy. Better in 5.

Ellipses

General "Ellipses must be drawn through ellipses 2 to 3 times". I noticed that many ellipses you've drawn don't look as if you had drawn through before and just started doing the ellipse.

Boxes

General "Wobble in lines" Same as in Lines

Rotated boxes is a mess, Most boxes don't rotate they are just changing sizes, as well I notice you didn't pay attention on the quantity of boxes, bellow there are 3 lines, above there are 5, when the exercise said you only needed to do 2, I'll tell you to pay more attention to what is written in the exercise for this not to happen again.

Congrats, you've finished the fist lesson!

6:56 AM, Sunday September 27th 2020

Thank you so much for the great advice i will be sure to work on them. In your Opinion should i start the 250 box challenge or work on these issues and then start it ?

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10:26 PM, Wednesday September 23rd 2020

Hi, I'm a beginner too, so Im nit going to comment on everything you've done so far but only one thing. I think you should work more on your lines. I think you dont make them with your shoulder as they are still a bit wobly. I still strugle with it myself;)

Next Steps:

Work more on your lines using your shoulder more.

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8:17 AM, Tuesday November 24th 2020

I agree, Try to ensure that your lines are not wobbly. Be confident when you are doing your line work and don't hesitate too much even if it is at the expense of accuracy. If you want, you can try to use the exercises in lesson as warm up for your line work before moving on.

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