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12:26 PM, Monday June 1st 2020
Hey, Adriannemar! Good job finishing the first lesson!
You have some great lines in your work, and a pretty good grip. But the thing that you are mostly doing is focusing on the line quality a bit too much than what is needed; There is little confidence in the way you put the lines on paper, and you can see that in the slight wobbles in them. You should definitely give your lines more room to breathe and try to not be worried about the result. After all this is no masterpiece and you won't be judged on anything, this is mere practice for you to leap into the professional route if you are interested in this field, or just for your own desire.
The same goes for the ellipses. There is too much focusing on perfection in them. You can see the you are trying to *get it right* and this way you're missing the whole point. They should be imperfect. You're training your muscles and having a better understanding of *what* these shapes are.
This is just an assumption, but it seems that you're not putting your shoulder quite right into these lines. Maybe.
For the perspective part, there is and essential issue in them. The trajectories of the lines most of the times can be seen to not be goin straight vertically of horizontally. I suppose the way they would turn out better would be to use the ghosting method and turn your paper to a proper angle that would let you to make a better line.
Lastly, the advice I would give is to think about what you're drawing in space: the shapes, how it takes place in a 3 dimensional form and sits in space. Forget about the lines at the moment and put more effort in making smooth flawless lines and getting a better gist of the objects you are drawing.
I will say it again, this is not supposed to be perfect nor the a masterpiece. Just practice. You can even throw them in the fire if you like to. It's not a big deal.
Good luck! :)Next Steps:
If time is not an issue, perhaps repeat some specifics. If so, then ahead to the 250 box challenge.
4:26 AM, Wednesday June 3rd 2020
Congrats on finishing the first assignment, ADRIANNEMAR.
I must say I think the precision of your lines is impressive. I would say that you do not need any help drawing straight and confident lines, and more practice on them is not necessary at this time. However, I did notice that your second page of rough perspective did not follow the rules. You drew all your colored guide lines straight back to the vanishing point rather than following your actual perspective lines back to where they would have landed on the horizon. This is fairly important, as it helps you to see precisely how wrong you were in your "rough perspective." A lot of those lines look like they were pretty close to the perfect lines towards the vanishing point, though if you trace them to the horizon many of them would look much further off. That being said, you did the first page of rough perspective correctly, and it still does look like you understood the task. Because of that, I will agree with CHOCOLATESALAD's suggestion that whether or not you should practice any more before proceeding is up to you to decide.
I will add one caveat, however, and say that if you do decide to repeat anything, I would suggest you do another page of rough perspective so that you get the full benefit of developing a feel for drawing perspective without the assistance of a ruler. While your rotated boxes exercise was relatively good, that's one place where you would likely see a noticeable improvement if you get your rough perspective skills on point. Also, this will be an especially useful skill to have for the 250 box challenge. Still, being that you did the other rough perspective page rather well, I would say that practicing any more is optional and that you're free to move on to the 250 box challenge if you feel ready to do so.
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