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12:33 PM, Tuesday June 16th 2020
Hello, I've also recently completed my first lesson here. Now I am to review your work as drawabox also recommends I do that. If you could also review my work, that would be great! https://drawabox.com/community/submission/WUGDDX26
Your lines started out okay. Some lines aren't fully straight. Make sure you rotate the page to draw your line at a comfortable angle. I also suggest to not correct your ellipses. Right now I can't fully see your mistakes. I do think your ellipses are drawn next to eachother, you didn't leave to much space in between them, that's good. The ellipses in planes are a little deformed. Maintaining a smooth elliptical shape is critical and above all else your first priority. Remember that.
For the rotated boxes exercise, you've not managed to use the full page. Drawing small will always be easier and doesn't challenge as much as drawing bigger would. We are using a printer paper format, in art classes they often go way bigger. So please keep in mind that this paper format isn't all that big and it's a good format to practice on, use your space to the fullest.
As for the organic boxes, the last page with the boxes going smaller and then bigger again. I'd not have done that on that line as it goes down and suggest the line doesn't go to far away in distance. Other than that, nice job, keep it up!
Kind regards,
Delphine
Next Steps:
If you haven't already, do the 250 box challenge.
4:51 PM, Sunday June 28th 2020
Hi Delphine,
Thank you so much for your indepth review.
Kind regards,
FlyingMoose
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