Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:39 PM, Monday January 10th 2022

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hello,

please some feedback, some lines were horrible and I had the urge to correct them immediately. sorry about that.

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4:25 PM, Monday January 10th 2022

Congrats on completing lesson 1. Lets start with the super imposed lines. They're maintaining a consistent trajectory and you attempted some curly ones which is a bonus. Solid attempt. Moving on to the ghosted lines exercise, a good attempt. I like that you kept the points small so that the line basically swallows them up so to speak which is essentially the point of the exercise, a bit of overshooting but that's okay that will improve over time. Solid attempt on the table of ellipses, however I have seen a few ellipses that have gaps in between each other. This can be avoided by ghosting a little longer.

Good attempt on the ghosted planes with the ellipses. FIrst off the ghosted lines are well drawn, however some of the ellipses aren't touching all four sides of the plane again here spend a little longer ghosting so that you can achieve that.

Good work on the funnels exercise

Nice work on the plotted perspective. I like that the shading is consistent and not all over the place. As for rough perspective I would say is solid. However, a few lines lack confidence. Remember all your doing is draw a line from point A to point B. So if you can confident lines in the ghosted lines exercise then you can have confident ones here too. Great job on the rotated boxes, the boxes are actually rotating and the spaces in between are narrow and consistent and most importantly you saw the exercise through to the end. FInally the organic perspective is a solid attempt, I can see a few lines you aren't sure of and hence the urge to correct them. This can be handled by taking some time to ghost a little longer as I have mentioned above

Next Steps:

You can move on the 250 boxes challenge. Good luck! Try ghosting a little longer than you usually do when attempting the challenge

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12:59 PM, Thursday January 13th 2022

thanks for the critique!

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4:42 PM, Monday January 10th 2022

Hello I'll be taking a look at your lesson 1 homework.

Lines

-Starting with the superimposed lines you are doing a great job here, you always start at a clearly defined point and keep the wavering on one side, your lines look pretty straight and confident. They show some arching which means that you need more practice to get comfortable when drawing from your shoulders.

-Moving on to the ghosted lines, here your linework is looking good, a little arching and very little wobbliness in some cases, keep in mind that once you have put the pen on the paper you have to fully commit to your lines and do not try to adjust their trajectory, but overall you are doing fine.

-The ghosted planes are really no different from the ghosted lines, here your linework is looking solid.

Ellipses

-Starting with the tables of ellipses, you are doing an excellent job. I can see that you have kept in mind the angle, degree and size, and keep pushing yourself to draw from your shoulder, especially the smaller ellipses.

-I like to see that you have prioritized drawing even and elliptical shapes in the planes, you are not really concerned with having your ellipses touch the four sides of the plane which is good. Although accuracy is our end goal it can't really be forced and tends to come with mileage and consistent practice more than anything else.

-Your funnels are looking great, all of your ellipses fit snugly within the funnel shape and don’t spill out, you also nailed the alignment of each ellipse, you are off to a great start with your ellipses, so just keep practicing.

Boxes

-Starting with the rough perspective you have kept the confident linework which helped your boxes to look more solid and believable, that said I can notice a tendency to redraw some lines, this is a habit that you have to get rid of. One of the points about using ink for your drawings and exercises is to build discipline and respect for each of your marks.Try and stick with the initial line you put down even if it's a bit off. Adding more lines just makes things messier and harder to read.

-Your rotated boxes turned quite well, you kept in mind the rotation and each quadrant is more or less equal, the gaps between boxes are consistent. My only piece of criticism here is that you could try to use more space, when doing these exercises in spatial reasoning using as much space as possible helps quite a bit and makes it easier to engage your whole arm when doing our marks.

-Finishing with the organic perspective, you are also correcting your mistakes here. I suggest you spend more time ghosting and thinking about how you are going to execute each of your marks to the best of your ability.

Overall this was a really solid submission that showed a nice deal of growth. Your line confidence and ellipses are both coming along nicely. I think you are understanding most of the concepts these lessons are trying to convey quite well. I'm going to mark this as complete and good luck with the 250 box challenge. Keep up the good work!

Next Steps:

250 Box Challenge.

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12:56 PM, Thursday January 13th 2022

thanks for the critique, it is very helpfull. i will take it into account.

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