Agree with the critique. Crisp lines drawn confidently. My only additional critique would be to watch out with the crosshatching, try and keep the illusion of depth by not crosshatching behind a solid object. You did this well with the rotated boxes, but in the plotted perspective you 'broke' the illusion pretty consistently. Not a big deal in something that's practice, but just keep an eye on it.
Hey Sevey! Thanks for pitching in :) That's a very good catch, thanks for pointing it out! Had to back and check and saw some of the places where I should have been more careful. I guess I was just blindingly doing the exercise instead of seeing the bigger picture and considering the boxes as together in that space.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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