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4:11 PM, Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Congratulations on finishing a long and difficult challenge!
I notice that you are doing a good job of leaving it at one confident line, even if it's wrong, rather than go over it. The only time you should be going over lines is around the outside edge, using ghosted lines, to add line weight. Some of your added lines are not matching, and an exercise like superimposed lines will help you gain accuracy in that. I also notice some of your corners are feathering, meaning you are having trouble stopping at the goal points when putting down your lines. Ghosted lines as a warm up exercise can help you gain more accuracy in stopping at the end points.
Overall I think you explored a variety of boxes and understood the purpose of the exercise.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2. Use superimposed lines and ghosted lines as warm up exercises to work on your accuracy. Try leaving feedback on other students' homework.
6:06 AM, Thursday November 5th 2020
Thank you very much. Really appreciate the feedback, :)
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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.