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6:30 PM, Sunday May 9th 2021
edited at 6:32 PM, May 9th 2021

I too found it difficult drawing ellipses, and truth be told I still struggle with them sometimes (from time to time I get weird muscles spasms while I draw them)

Anyway I think it is just a matter of practice and time to be honest.

However I did try in the past months methods to make them better, but the results were not always satisfactory, one thing I did was to not ghost too much, like for maximum 4 to 6 times.

I also tried the reverse like ghosting from 10 to over 10 times, I think I got better results with the first method .

One other thing I did (and still do during awful drawing days) is to draw big ellipses with out any kind of confinements, I feel like it makes me use my shoulder to the fullest and also kinda helps me notice later on if I'm using my arm instead of my shoulder while drawing.

I hope these tips can help, however ultimately I think it just depends on practice.

edited at 6:32 PM, May 9th 2021
7:33 PM, Sunday May 9th 2021

Yeah the last two days I've just been grinding ellipses. I'll try out your recommendations!

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These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.

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