Woo, im done with the challenge! It was hard to pace this one consistently, but I really want to say one thing:
My art skills have increased like, three times. I can finally understand perspective (albeit a basic degree, but it's something!)
Oh, and I can finally understand why every artist says "when sketching in perspective, draw a box around the form."
I can finally do that, yay!!!!
Hello I'm Simon and will be reviewing your Lesson :)
First of all congrats on completing the 250 Boxes challenge! It's a really hard part of the course and having completed it Lesson 2 will feel much easier so have fun with it!
Happy to hear you can see the improvement in your drawing skills!
General notes
Be careful you extended your lines in the wrong direction a few times (boxes n°26, 55...) make sure to keep an eye on that next time you do boxes, if you struggle to know in which direction to extend them you just have to think of extending your initial Y, and if you still struggle to with that technique don't hesitate to ask for help I'll try to help as well as I can :) You seem to have some diverging/parallel lines (like n°51, 54...) that's okay just make sure to keep an eye on that and for the next time you'll pull the boxes exercise as a warmup. I encourage you to focus on practicing those shallower foreshortening boxes which are tougher but will help you improve a good deal! No wobbly lines in sight, good job. A few times (boxes64, 65, 70) you seem to have went over your line again, that's not great, moving forward please try to not do that no matter how important you think this line is to the drawing, drawing over your line makes your drawing look messier, even if you make the new line perfect, and it also hinders your ability to remember your mistakes since you try to hide it under a new line, so it's not a big deal here but with the next few lessons be sure not to do that :) Good job on varying the orientation of all your boxes! That helps you improve much faster and you did well to do it! Most of your back corners aren't perfect but don't worry! that's completely okay and you'll have time to improve on it at your pace, If I can recommend something to improve on that it's to think of each line in the relation of the 4 others, even the ones that aren't drawn yet. That helped me, for some people drawing the boxes by starting with the 'hidden sides' helps them a great deal so feel free to try these techniques :) You started using hatching on your boxes, that's a good habit, so keep practicing that on the next lessons when you can, that will already give you a little head start :) For your next boxes in your warmups I recommend you start using lineweight to emphasize the weight and volumes of the boxes and to bring them to the next level, it's a good skill to have that will come in useful in later lessons!
Other notes
I don't have much to say outside of what I already said above so i'd just like you to do boxes for your next few warmups and to try to focus on the things to improve.
Other than that good job your improvement is really visible
Also I strongly encourage you to go review some submissions on the website :) You can easily review some lessons 1 and if you feel like it can review 250 boxes or wait until you completed lesson 2! Don't hesitate to do a review every so often. It really benefits you so you don't forget the point of the previous exercises and helps other people who are waiting on a review :)
Next Steps:
Move on to Lesson 2
Thankyou so much!! You helped clear any doubts I had regarding boxes, I really appreciate your critque. I'll try to practice adding line weight, and avoid redoing lines, it really does make stuff messier. Thank again!
Glad it could help :)
Keep practicing but make sure not to overwork yourself, this is a marthon not a sprint race :)
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