Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:47 PM, Monday October 4th 2021
i was a little confused with the organic exercise
Good job on completing the lesson! Here are the things I want to point out.
Superimposed lines and Ghosted lines: Overall, good job on this excercise! The fraying on the end of the superimposed lines isn't too bad and the wobble isn't too severe. On the ghosted lines there is some wobble but I noticed your accuracy isn't too bad. Remember to keep using your whole arm and being confident.
Tables of ellipses: Your eclipses are looking good! They look confident for the most part, and you did a good job on fitting the ellipses on the boxes and keeping them close to each other.
Ellipses in planes: The main thing I want to point out is that you didn't make some of the ellipses touch the four sides of the plane like it is instructed in the homework. Because I personally believe you are getting the right idea on how to draw your ellipses , I don't think you should do this again. But when you do this excercise for warmups, make sure the ellipses touch the four sides of the plane.
Rough perspective, Rotated boxes, and Organic perspective: The lines on the boxes on the rough perspective excercise wobble a little, so remember to take your time with each line you draw. There are quite a few mistakes with perspective on these excercises, especially with the boxes on the organic perspective. The majority of people make these mistakes on these excercises, so don't worry about it. Don't skip the 250 box challenge. You will improve a lot from it, and you will see the mistakes you were doing on the organic perspective excercise.
Overall, good job! Make sure you do warmups and do the 250 box challenge.
Next Steps:
Do the 250 box challenge
Make sure you add the ellipses in planes excercise to your warmups.
Thank you so much for the review!
Great job on your homework!
I can see you put a lot of effort into your submission. I do want to point out one area for improvement, thats going to be your ghosted lines exercise.
You did very well at controlling your stroke to stop and end at the dots, unfortunately this came at the expense of your line confidence. Remember early Lesson one is all about these basic principles of how we make our marks on the paper. Mark our spots, Ghost our motion, Confidently make our mark.
You have a bit wobbling in the ghosted lines. Nobody expects perfection, and this is one of the few assignments in Lesson 1 with "levels" of success.
Level 1: Line is smooth and consistent without any visible wobbling, but doesn't quite pass through A or B
Level 2: Line is straight, smooth and consistent without any wobbling and maintains the correct trajectory. It does however either fall short or overshoot one or both points.
Level 3: Line is straight, smooth, consistent without any wobbling. It also starts right at one point and ends exactly at the other.
Don't fixate about hitting point B perfectly yet, but getting through your motion in a confident shot.
For me I had to make two adjustments to increase my line's confidence and reduce wobbling.
1- I had to make my lines a bit longer since I am not naturally used to drawing from the shoulder. With the longer lines it forced my arm to use the shoulder with a smoother motion than a smaller more precise lines.
2- Finding the right natural angle my shoulder comfortably moves in. Rotate that paper to meet your comfort level.
Next Steps:
Lets get another page of ghosted lines, don't worry about completely missing that B mark its okay if you do. Just a smooth consistent pass.
one page of ghosted lines
here and thank you for the review!
Awesome job! Enjoy the 250 Boxes!
Next Steps:
250 Box Challenge
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