Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:12 PM, Thursday April 8th 2021
Heya!
I thought I'd share a bit of my thoughts on these and how did I do:
Im quite new to drawing and I usually draw with a pencil, so the felt tip pen and its permanent nature felt really intimidating at the beginning. With pencil I usually draw light lines that I can then correct as I see my mistakes and this habit really collided with the ghosting and with the permanent nature of ink. I caught my self starting to do lines like I've used to and only then realized that I can't fix it. I really had to focus and remind my self constantly to ghost the lines, plan before you execute. Often I caught my self being too hasty and had to force my self to stop, rearrange my thoughts and then continue.
I think I could have done better in certain exercises, but as the instructions were not to aim for perfect I just went with the first ones I did and avoided the grind behavior. In some parts you can see that I've done silly mistakes, but I left em there and I'll be more than happy to redo those excercises if needed.
First exercises I was really lost and felt preassure, but towards the end I started to get more comfortable and I think I really started to get the hang of the ghosting and planning. Fun homework and looking forward to do more!