Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:29 PM, Monday February 17th 2020
Hey! Here's my homework for lesson 1.
I'm a graphic design student and I used to love drawing as a kid. Drawing and Illustration isn't really part of my curriculum at uni and I think that's a shame. I feel like my history with drawing as a kid has helped me a lot with underlying principals/intuition that apply to all manners of visual art/design. So that's why I want to spend some time with Drawabox, I've never followed any drawing courses and I think this could be a great place to start (I hope I have the discipline to stick with it).
I must say this was already a lot harder than I expected! Definitely felt a bit rusty in the beginning, but I feel like it's coming back to me now. I had to spread it out over a week, doing just a little everyday, meaning I did the first few exercises a bunch of times as a warming up.
I think I've already got some control over drawing with my shoulder, but since I usually draw on larger sheets, this smaller scale was a little uncomfortable and I found myself reverting back to using my elbow a bit too often.
Looking back, the organic perspective exercises might have ended up a little bit on the wild side, but I had fun doing them. I Also feel like the rotated boxes could've gone better but that's a pretty difficult exercise.
Thank you for reviewing my submission!