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11:57 AM, Saturday March 4th 2023
Hi There! Well done on completing the 250 Box Challenge.
I noticed you kept a consistent angle of the boxes, very limited rotations. Next time in your warmups, practice rotation the boxes more and playing around with the angles.
Your boxes looked pretty solid. There was great depiction of the perspective lines. And it seemed that your line making was mostly confident. I also noticed that you really didn't add much line weight near the beginning; remember that adding line weight allows the viewer to appreciate the box form more readily.
As you progressed, I could see an improvement, as well as a improvement in your line confidence. I did however, notice that you had drawn over some of your lines, resulting in there being two. Remember that if you make a line by mistake, try to stick with it. The idea is to be confident in your execution, even if a mark was made incorrectly. Well done on maintaining a consists shallow foreshortening.
Finally, I would encourage you to try drawing larger boxes. Most of your pages were 5 boxes per page, which is fine, but it ended up with most boxes being the same size in a sense. Challenge yourself to draw much larger boxes. Don't be afraid to have three or four boxes on a page. This can be good practice for future lessons.
Overall, nice work! I think you are ready to move onto the next Lesson.
Next Steps:
Continue to Lesson 2.
Practice larger boxes as warmups.
Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.