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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:07 PM, Tuesday January 10th 2023

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I was hesitant to submit my homework but I hope the photo quality is good enough. Here it is.

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2:27 PM, Thursday January 12th 2023

Hello Lucy! Welcome to drawabox and congrats for completing lesson 1!

I'll be critiquing your homework today.

Before getting into it I just want to mention you shouldn't be scared or hesitant to share your work and/or getting a critique. As comfy says at the end of every video, you shouldn't work in a vacuum, you'll improve much faster by working together with others! If you haven't already, I recommend joining the official drawabox discord server.

1.Lines

Your lines look pretty great!

Confident and smooth strokes with fairly little wobbling. Of course, there still is some wobbliness and arching in a couple of instances. You could try experimenting with different angles as well as drawing your lines faster and don't forget to always prioritize confidence over accuracy.

You've done really good overall though, and these are things you'll get to improve by doing these exercises as warm-ups later on, so don't worry.

2.Ellipses

Your ellipses look pretty great too! Drawn through 2-3 times and very nicely smooth and confident.

Again, there are some instances of slight wobble in some of your ellipses, and I encourage you to try the same things for them as well. Ghost thoroughly and mark confidently! And remember, a confident but inaccurate line or ellipse will always be more correct than an accurate but wobbly one. Accuracy will come naturally with practice.

3.Boxes

Your boxes look really good and you seem to have understood perspective quite well.

You also seem to have maintained your line quality consistent when going over to the boxes section, so great job with that!

It's important to keep using the techniques used at the line section for the entirety of drawabox.

There are a couple of instances where you have repeated some of your lines to correct them. This is something you should avoid doing for all of your mark making in drawabox going forward. No matter how off a line may be, you should keep the line as if it is correct and move on.

Your margin of error in rough perspective is really low, so great job on that too!

Your rotated boxes and organic perspective might look a little wonky, but that's ok. You'll have plenty of time to improve your lines and boxes further in the 250 box challenge.

Overall you've done a great job!

Remember to use the exercises you've completed in lesson 1 as warmups before every drawing session. They both help improve those skills you have learned and also prevent you from getting "rusty" overtime.

I'll be marking your submission as complete, good luck with the 250 Box Challenge!

Next Steps:

  • Use exercises from lesson 1 as warm ups. Partially doing 2-3 exercises for 15-20 minutes total, not each.

  • The 250 Box Challenge.

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3:32 PM, Thursday January 12th 2023

Thank you very much!!

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