Hi, I just happily finish my lesson 1.
I just started my art journey this year and this lesson had helped me improve my hand movement and my understading of fundamentals by a lot. My biggest thank to Drawabox teams, you guys have done a great job.
I appriciate anyone taking the time to review and I hope I can get some advice on what to improve and what to do next.
Hello Tichky, congrats on finishing lesson 1! I'll be taking a look at your work.
Lines:
Super imposed lines
Your lines look smooth & confidently executed, with no fraying at the start of the line. This shows that you took the time to carefully plan and make your marks.
Ghosted lines look good too, I can see that you prioritized confidence over accuracy. Don't worry about missing your points for now, accuracy will improve with milage.
Same applies for your ghosted planes
Ellipses:
Tables of ellipses & ellipses in planes
Your ellipses are nicely drawn & feel solid. You've drawn through them and made efforts to fit them snugly in the tables/planes. But some ellipses are a little deformed, meaning that they are not symmetrical if you devide them into two halves with the minor axis. This will improve as you practice ellipses in the future, but it's good thing to keep in mind.
Funnels
You did a good job with the funnels as well, I can see improvement in the shaping and accuracy of your ellipses compared to the previous exercices. However the smaller ellipses in the centre of the funnel look more uneven then the big ones. Make sure to practice smaller ellipses in your warmups. These are harder to get right at first, but once you get used to them and your muscle memory kicks in, they become easier to draw.
Boxes:
Plotted perspective looks great, nothing to mention here.
The rough perspective exercice is completed well. Your width lines are parallel and the height lines are perpendicular the the horizon line. The depth lines are also extended well to the horizon line.
Rotated boxes look solid, they feel 3D and have rotation. The one thing I would like to mention here is that the gaps between the boxes are quite wide. Keeping them narrower will make it easier to construct your boxes inbetween their neighbours.
For the organic perspective exercice I see you tried to correct some of your boxes. (If the extra lines represent line weight please disregard this comment). Try not to do this in the future, a big part of this course is learning to accept your mistakes. Other than that this exercise looks good, your boxes flow well accross the page and you've varied the oriëntations of your forms.
Overall this is a really solid submission. You've shown you have a good grasp on the concepts of lesson 1.
Next Steps:
I'll send you off to the 250 Box Challenge, good luck!
Thank you so much for all the feedback, very appreciate it.
You're welcome, glad I could help.
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.
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