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4:21 PM, Saturday December 19th 2020
edited at 4:23 PM, Dec 19th 2020

Sometimes I can't communicate with the right tone, I didn't mean to be rude or harsh by any means, therefore I apologize.

Now back to the topic. You can watch ShyllaStew videos, she went through Lesson 1, 2 and the 250 Box Challenge so far. It's a great way to check the practice live.

It's okay if your lines overshoot the end point at this stage, as long as those are confident smooth lines. You can try picking up the pen as it reaches the end point. A TA gave me the same advice because I was leaving a little tail in my ellipses and it worked after some practice.

Try to move your arm over the desk, blocking the wrist and the elbow. Can you find an angle that feels more natural than the others? That should be the most comfortable position for your shoulder.

edited at 4:23 PM, Dec 19th 2020
6:00 PM, Saturday December 19th 2020

What gave the impression that I though you were being rude? You've been rather polite to me so far.

Addtionally, I keep finding a fair amount of places where it feels right to draw from the elbow, but the shoulder (which I'm faily certain I should be using in this cicumstance) seems to move my arm in such a way that I'm not as sure as to how to angle the page and make my mark to use it.

6:09 PM, Saturday December 19th 2020
edited at 6:14 PM, Dec 19th 2020

Moving the shoulder will probably feel akward for a good while.

Assuming you are right handed, moving the pen diagonally away from you to the right is usually a comfortable angle to start with.

Besides that, plan you marks carefully with the ghosting method and when you are ready, commit to the page with confidence. Don't worry about the end point for now.

Would you mind sharing a page of those lines that you consider confident yet inaccurate?

edited at 6:14 PM, Dec 19th 2020
6:24 PM, Saturday December 19th 2020

Yeah, see the thrid image of this imgur post; https://imgur.com/a/O2PcAVK

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