Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
2:51 PM, Friday April 3rd 2020
This was harder than I thought, and it really shows that my basics aren't up to par with what "finished works" may look like.
I'm going to start the 250 boxes now.
Hi triveil, yes lesson 1 is quite the eye opener. The important thing though is that you pushed through, so let's take a look at your work.
Lines Your super imposed lines are drawn fairly confidently for the most part. Some lines are more careful and wobbly and less trusting of the shoulder usage so make sure you're always using the shoulder. Your ghosted lines are also on the right track. There is some arcing from elbow and wobbles, so keep working on your confidence. There's also a decent amount of overshooting so make sure to keep working on that.
Ellipses You are on thee right track, and while mechanically not there yet you are understanding the concepts. While drawing through, try work on tightening up those concentric passes as right now they're pretty sloppy. Your overall shapes are good - not too much in terms of points or flat regions so that is good and they are looking to be drawn confidently with the shoulder. Your ellipses in planes are making contact at the correct points so they are sitting snugly in the bounds set before them in the planes, and your ellipses in tables are also quite snug with little to no room for ambiguity. Your ellipses in funnels are aligned correctly for the most part, and overall it's just a matter of developing more control in your follow up passes while "trueing up" your ellipses.
Rough Perspective Your line work is pretty good, and everything is oriented as it should be. Horizontals parallel to horizon and verticals perpendicular, with your converging lines on track. Your extension lines are applied correctly and in time your accuracy will improve. You are doing a pretty good job with your line work and not redrawing lines on the first page but the second page got a little wild. Make sure you only draw one line after careful planning and ghosting. Drawing more lines over a mistake only draws more attention to it and is a bad habit to get into. Overall though you did a pretty good job on this exercise.
Rotated Boxes Your rotated boxes are looking decent. First thing is you have the room so you could have and should have drawn larger to give your brain more room to work through these puzzles. It's a good general rule of thumb to always draw large as it helps your brain and arm. Your lines are looking good and planned so that's nice to see. You did a good job keeping things packed tightly so you can use adjacent lines as perspective guides. On the other hand, you are not rotating your boxes so much as skewing and shifting them so give this gif some study and internalize how the motion of the VPs drives the rotation. Overall though the only goal here for students is to complete it to the best of their abilities so they can be introduced to new types of spatial puzzles and solution methods, so mission accomplished.
Organic Perspective Your compositions are looking good. There are lots of boxes and a good exploration of space. Your variance in large, medium, small forms leads to a belief of a foreground, midground, and background, and the overlapping of said forms makes them feel as if they exist all in the same space. All of this does a good job to sell the illusion of 3d form on your flat paper. Your lines get a little hairy here and there with some more redrawing so be mindful of that. Your perspective is off to a good start and will continue to develop in the 250 box challenge.
Just a side note for future lessons: when you said you'll go ahead and start the 250 boxes, next time wait until your critique to move on. There might be things you need to continue working on or habits to be pointed out to stop and if you don't wait until critique, these errors propagate.
Next Steps:
So now go ahead with the 250 box challenge. Keep up the ellipse practicing in warm ups and draw lines confidently and one time (unless you're applying line weight). See you next time.
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Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
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