Hello I’ll be handling the critique for your lesson 1 homework

Lines

-Starting with the superimposed lines, these are well done as you have always started at a clearly defined point and kept all the wavering on one side only, they are also drawn with a good deal of confidence and while we have the expected fraying at the ends this tends to disappear with more practice and mileage.

-Moving on to the ghosted lines they are also drawn with confidence, and you are using the ghosting method to good effect, the main thing to call out is that your lines tend to arch slightly, this probably means that you need more time to get comfortable while drawing from your shoulder, another thing that may help is to try to arch your lines in the opposite direction to compensate for this issue. This approach is described in this section of the ghosted lines homework.

-The ghosted planes are no different from the ghost lines, aside from the issues already mentioned you are doing quite well.

Ellipses

-The tables of ellipses are looking tidy rather than rushed and I can see that you have kept in mind the alignment, spacing, degree and angle. They are drawn with confidence and overall they are looking quite symmetrical which is exactly what we are looking for

-On the tables of ellipses, your ellipses are looking stiffer compared to the previous lesson, it seems that you are focusing more on having the ellipses touch the fours edges of the planes which has made your ellipses look a little more wobbly and distorted. Instead, you should focus on drawing smooth and symmetrical ellipses even if they don’t end up touching the four sides of the plane. Keep in mind that at this early stage we should prioritizing confidence over accuracy.

-It is good to see that you are putting a lot of care into drawing the funnels, and overall your ellipses are well drawn as they are cut into equal halves by the minor axis and they are well aligned, they also fit in snugly within the boundaries without spilling out, there is not much to critique here

Boxes

-On the rough perspective I can see some instances where you tried to correct your lines, whenever you make a mistake do not try to correct it by drawing on top of it as it only makes it stand out more. By getting rid of this habit you will develop the confidence and discipline necessary to do your assignments to the best of your ability. Overall you are doing a great job aligning the sides of the boxes to the horizon line and your estimations to the vanishing point will get better with practice.

-The rotated boxes are turning out well, as you have kept the gaps between boxes narrow and you are clearly thinking about the rotation, the main thing I want to call out is that you should use as much room on your page as possible, this will make it easier to ghost and draw your marks while engaging the whole arm. Another minor thing is that you should be much more tidy and careful with the hatching, give each line as much focus and attention as possible, use the ghosting method to think about each mark´s purpose and how you are going to achieve it best, you don’t want to create unintentional focal points.

-Finishing with the organic perspective, I can see that you already have a good grasp of how to work with boxes in a 3 point perspective and overall your mark making is looking good. I think you were trying to use lineweight, which is a good idea as we have many boxes clumped together creating a lot of visual noise, but you should only use it on the specific parts where the overlap occurs, not on the entire silhouette of the form, try to avoid applying it to the internal edges as it breaks the cohesion of the form.

Okay, you still have some things to keep working on but I have no doubt you will continue to improve with more mileage and practice. I'll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete, feel free to move on to the 250 box challenge.

Good work finishing lesson 1

Linework

Your dot to dot lines look good, however there seems to be more fraying in your verticle strokes then in your horizontal ones. I would highly advise to figure out which way your body lines to make a clean stroke in and rotate your paper in that direction.

Elipses

These aren't bad, I would say that everyone, myself included can never not have enough practice doing these. Keep up the good work.

Boxes

Your circle of boxes doesn't look bad but I would have made the reference cubes on the top bottom and sides the same lengths, even if I had to measure those. Just to have a better reference point when doing this exercise.

Your cubes along the length of the line look as if they are tumbling through space, very well done for a first attempt!