Hello,
here's the critique:
Arrows: edges look a bit sketchy, make sure you use ghosting & confident lines when adding extra lineweight
Contour ellipses: you prioritize hitting edges instead of confident lines - getting confident ellipse in is more important (as accuracy will improve with practice)
Contour curves: mostly OK, just ends of some of them are sketchy
Textures: OK
Dissections: OK
Intersection: OK
Organic Intersection: mostly OK, though contours once again do not look confident
I think you can move on to next lesson, though in your warm ups do keep in minds to focus on line confidence
Good luck in your art journey!
Next Steps:
Lesson 3
thanks for the critique, which of the exercises can i do to improve line confidence?
I think the best ones are these (just keep in mind to prioritize smooth lines over accuracy):
Ellipses in planes - you get to practice straight lines and ellipses, though lines are short
Ghosting long lines
Ghosting curves (place 3 points randomly, then try connecting them with a smooth curve in single motion)
oh ok thanks for the advice
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