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1:14 PM, Sunday December 20th 2020

Hi !

For the most part the boxes are well made. The lines are confident and the extensions are in correct direction. Coming to your question regarding the hatching you have done is correct for the most part. When drawing a box there is always a focal point. This is the edge closest to the viewer. It's the center point of all the extension lines. There are three planes along this point. You may see that all boxes have two Y. One is in the front while other is in the direction opposite of the front one. You can hatch any of the three sides connected to the Y in the front. Hope that clears your doubt.

Now with the critique.

Below i've pointed out the things that have noticeable errors.

Things to look out for:

1) You could have drawn boxes with more foreshortening . When the boxes are foreshortened the convergence point lies closer to the box. This forces you to think about convergence making drawing boxes harder. This is an important thing that needs to be practiced. While drawing boxes whose vanishing points lie far away you miss out on the important skill of thinking how the lines will converge.

(See revision column)

LINK

https://tasty-tangy-meeting.glitch.me/

Hope to hear from you soon. Feel free to ask any doubts by responding to this post.

Good luck! O~O

Next Steps:

To ensure you learnt how convergence for foreshortened boxes work it would be really helpful if you drew 20 foreshortened boxes. Try to bring variety in boxes and you can use the link above to help different angles for drawing the boxes.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
8:25 AM, Monday December 21st 2020

Thanks for the reply. I will start to draw the boxes right away, so I can send them soon.

Have a nice day!

5:18 PM, Wednesday December 23rd 2020

Hi,

here are the remaining foreshortened boxes.

https://imgur.com/a/gQCLoHi

7:58 PM, Thursday December 24th 2020

Hi. Sorry for the late reply. The foreshortened boxes are pretty well made. I can see you faced some issues with convergence, particularly with the last line. But that's fine as this is something you can improve with practice. Just include boxes to your warm-ups and you're all good. After seeing your submission I'm convinced you have understood the aim of the lesson and you may move forward.

Good luck!

Next Steps:

You have done well and may proceed on to Lesson 2. If you can please consider helping other members by critiquing their lessons. G

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