Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

Not only does this challenge help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.

Things you did well:

• Your lines are looking smooth and confidently.

• When drawing hatching lines you're keeping them mostly tidy and they're reaching both ends of the form which is great, some people rush them or leave them floating on the face they're drawn on.

• You're experimenting with line weight, it's a useful tool but one that requires a fair bit of mileage to be comfortable using so starting to build up that mileage is a good choice.

• It's nice to see that you're experimenting with proportions, orientations and rates of foreshortening. Experimentation is key when we want to develop a deeper understanding of new concepts so I hope you'll continue to nurture this habit in the future.

Things to work on:

• There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.

The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.

I won't be moving you on to the next lesson just yet as each lesson builds upon the previous course material and adding new concepts on top of existing issues just creates further issues in the future.

With that said I'll be asking you to draw 15 more boxes.

Remember that we don't want our lines to be diverging, and even if the vanishing point is further away our lines won't be completely parallel. Keeping this in mind will hopefully help reduce some of the diverging lines you have occurring.

Once you've completed these boxes reply to this critique with a link to them, I'll address anything that still needs to be worked on and move you on to the next lesson once you've shown you're ready.

I know you're capable of doing this and look forward to seeing your work.