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1:34 PM, Thursday September 24th 2020
8:54 PM, Thursday September 24th 2020

So you're still heading in the right direction, but there are a few things that stood out to me.

While you used ballpoint pen for your construction as instructed, it looks to me like you switched to a thicker pen to do a clean-up pass, which was specifically noted as something you shouldn't do here in the lesson. Also, you still seem to be freehanding some of your straight lines. You should be using a ruler for those so you aren't distracted, and are able to focus more on how you approach construction as a whole.

In general, you approached your drawings fairly similarly to how you did towards the end of your previous submission. That is to say, again - moving in the right direction, but still a lot of skipped steps that could help add greater specificity to your constructions. Take a look at these notes - I've put together some simple demonstrations, although these are definitely done more quickly to focus on specific techniques/approaches. For example, ways to break down the tea kettle into cross-sections to provide more structure to the overall form, instead of taking such a big leap from overall box to a much more complex rounded form.

Also, for the handle, I recommend that you take a look at this demonstration.

I'm going to ask that you do just one more everyday object construction, but you invest as much time as you possibly can to nail down every last little element in the most specific terms you can. Use a ballpoint and ruler for the whole drawing, and don't skip over anything.

You are absolutely welcome to work over this one drawing over the course of several days, if that's easier for you - there is nothing requiring you to finish it in one sitting.

Next Steps:

Submit the one additional construction drawing as mentioned at the end of my critique.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:09 PM, Sunday October 4th 2020
6:52 PM, Sunday October 4th 2020

This is so much better. You've really pushed yourself hard on this one, and the results definitely show it. You're demonstrating a much stronger grasp of the construction of your individual forms, a stronger awareness of the shared vanishing points of your sets of lines, and of general patience and care in how you've tackled this one.

I'll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete.

Next Steps:

Feel free to move onto the 25 wheel challenge, which is a prerequisite for lesson 7.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
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