Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:43 PM, Thursday January 28th 2021

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Hello. I finally finished 1 lesson. I took a significant 3-4 month break somewhere between the first and second pages of a rough perspective. But, like, I got back in shape and finished the lesson.

I also had problems drawing from the elbow instead of drawing from the shoulder, but in the last few pages I kind of got a feel for the differences and sort of tried to draw from the shoulder.

I would be glad to any criticism. Thanks.

P.s. hopefully google translator got the message across.

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9:09 PM, Thursday January 28th 2021

Great job! I'm a beginner with Drawabox as well, so I apologize if my remarks are not the most helpful or well-informed, but I'll do my best.

Overall, I'd say you have very good line quality. Your strokes are straight and confident, which I though really shined through on the ghosted planes exercise. I'd say you struggled a bit more with ellipses, but I think that was just a matter of warming up and getting used to the motion with your shoulder and elbow.

I don't know if it's because you took a break, but on the later exercises in the lesson where you draw boxes in 3D, your lines lose a bit of confidence and purposeful direction. Try not to be too aggressive with your foreshortening, it tends to distort your boxes a bit too much. I'd also try to think about the box before you draw one of its lines. It seems to me you sometimes focus on a line too much and forget how it fits in with the rest of the box.

Hopefully I wasn't too vague or difficult to understand. Keep up the good work!

Next Steps:

I think you should move onto the 250 Box Challenge if you havent' already, as drawing boxes more comfortably seems to be the priority right now when I look at your work. Good luck!

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9:26 PM, Wednesday May 19th 2021

Nice job getting back into things after taking a break! I think your lines are great and your ellipses especially are really good. The tables of ellipses are very clear and I can see a lot of improvement, and your funnels are way better than mine turned out.

However, I would say that you should probably practice the ghosting method again because the material after your break seems to suffer from less confident mark making. The rotated boxes and organic perspective could definitely use some work, a lot of the lines are wobbly and it seems more like a guess than a deliberate mark made with the ghosting method.

Next Steps:

Maybe review the ghosting method and practice it a bit, then redo a page of the rough perspective, rotated boxes, and organic perspective. Also, make sure you add more boxes with the organic perspective exercise.

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