Everything looks fine, but I would say that you could have tried to do each of your ghosted planes different, which is going to challenge you a little bit more whem you do the ellipses in planes in exercise.
And your English is fine don't worry, it also difficult for me as I am Spanish-speaker.
¡Hola!
Entonces voy a hablar en español, porque para mí también es más fácil.
Gracias por tu crítica, no imaginé que sería tan rápido obtener una devolución.
¿Crees que debería rehacer el ejercicio del plan con líneas fantasma o puedo continuar con el desafío de 250 cajas?
Pues creo que ya estaria de mas volverlo a hacer, creo que si estas listo para las 250 cajas.
Your work seems solid enough to me. Here are the things I noticed.
Your lines are pretty good overall. You have some decent line confidence for starting out, albeit with a bit of wobble. You'll be able to continue improving your lines as you keep practicing the ghosting.
The ellipses are not bad. You have some good confidence with those as well. Just remember to draw through your ellipses only two or three times; I notice that you seem to have drawn through some of them more than that.
Your boxes are alright, though I believe this is where you have the most room for improvement. I notice that the wobble in your lines becomes more prominent in your pages for rough perspective and organic perspective. Again, you will be able to improve this with further practice overtime, but it is worth noting.
I also notice that the boxes on your rotated boxes page do not rotate properly. It appears that you guessed how the boxes further in the corners needed to be oriented. When drawing each and every box, use the edges of the boxes next to it to guide how you should draw your lines. Those spaces between boxes need to be narrow and consistent. I also notice that the boxes in the corners are drawn with much less confidence and have no hatching.
Look at this image from the official page for this exercise: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/47da0474.jpg
Notice how the edges of the new box are parallel to the edges of the boxes next to it. This is how you should draw the boxes in this exercise.
Now, this is a hard exercise, so I can't be too harsh here. I just want you to keep this in mind.
Next Steps:
I believe that the best next step for you would be to do the 250 box challenge. It will help you to improve your lines and your boxes. It will also help you to better understand how three-dimensional forms occupy three-dimensional space.
In addition to this, I recommend you use some of the simpler exercises as warm-ups before sessions of drawing. I personally recommend the ghosted planes with ellipses inside them and the ellipse funnels; they are straightforward exercises that will help you to practice with making strokes. I have also seen recommendations to use the superimposed lines exercise in warm ups as well, which allows you to practice applying line weight.
Keep up the good work.
Helo!
Thank you very much for your review! It was very helpful to me.
I totally agree with your criticism of the rotated boxes. I got really, really hit from this exercise. I was very frustrated, but I understand that I'm learning and it's part of it. The corners were definitely the hardest. I got totally lost in the lines, my head got hot.
I have been doing the warm-up exercises before any drawing practice and I will continue to do the same! It has helped me a lot and it's noticeable how much it helps me make more confident lines.
I'm excited to start the 250 boxes exercise. I've drawn many of them (310, to be exact) since I decided to learn how to draw, but none of them have a very theoretical basis, which I really miss. I'm still very bad at this.
I'm glad to hear that you've been doing the warm-ups! They are quite helpful for certain. As for the rotated boxes, I completely understand. That is easily the hardest exercise in the lesson, and you're not expected to be able to do it super well already.
As for the boxes, you will definitely get that theoretical basis doing the challenge. The 250 box challenge will make you think harder about boxes than you ever have before.
Keep on drawing.
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