lines: https://imgur.com/a/7AgjgrR
ellipses: https://imgur.com/a/KLRAIjZ
boxes: https://imgur.com/a/oSuhQTx
I gave it my best shot. Hope it's a good start on all this.
Hello ^^
Since I also await feedback I will try my best to help you with my current knowledge!
I can see you are a bit un-confident with your line making so try to focus on confident quick straight lines rather than attempting to connect the lines perfectly.
For the ghosted lines concetrate on practicing the motion before trying to connect. It seems like you are concetrating more on confidence this time, as you are overshooting some but don't worry too much about it.
For the ghosted planes it seems you improved on this issue and also made them more confidently. concentrate on making the lines to pass thorugh the x shape by thougthfully thinking about how to execute the line before attempting and once you put pen on paper commit fully to the brush stroke without regret.
I hope this has some use to you and good luck for future homeworks!
Thanks! I'm going to move onto the 250 box challenge before I do any critique, but I hope you manage to get critiqued nonetheless.
Great job completing lesson 1! I see you already got some feedback on this, but I'll add something on line confidence. Keep doing these things as warmups before you draw. I like to play a song (5-ish minutes) and warm up until it's done.
Lines: When my lines start to get wobbly, I "reset" myself by just drawing a bunch of loose lines (not superimposed or dot to dot--totally free) over the paper. Then I do some superimposed lines, and then I go back to whatever I was trying to do.
Ellipses: For ellipses, similar thing. First, draw a few quick super loose ones (not in a table or anything), then a few aligned with a minor axis (like this: https://imgur.com/a/FVVPp6Z ), then constrained ellipses (like one or two panels of a table), then I go back to the real task.
That said, you have the idea of drawing through the ellipses 2-3 times, and have some variance in ellipse degree and angle. It can help to look at different degrees to get a feel for them, like this: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/degree You can even print them out and trace over them to start getting your arm used to moving through the shape.
Boxes: Again, you'll improve your lines with practice. The boxes here are a good start. You have the idea of the 3 kinds of perspective, and your execution will improve. There are some diverging lines, but doing the 250 box challenge will teach you to correct that. Make sure you get some feedback along the way on the discord before you do all 250.
Next Steps:
Start the 250 box challenge, and post your first 10-50 or so on discord for feedback, so you know you're on the right track before you crank out 240 more!
Keep doing the lesson 1 work as warmups, focusing on line confidence. In particular, do frayed lines, planes, point to point, and tables/funnels of ellipses. You don't need to fill entire pages--just pick one exercise and do it for 5 minutes, and alternate days when you do straight line vs ellipse work. If you tighten up, "reset" by drawing some very loose stuff on a piece of scratch pad. It took a few months for my ellipses to look decent, and you'll want to be more confident with them before hitting lesson 2.
Good luck!
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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