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Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

5:52 PM, Sunday August 9th 2020

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Hello,

Thank you so much for the time you spend on this :)

Best regards,

Iarina

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5:51 PM, Monday August 10th 2020

hello, so after looking at your homework there are a couple things I would recommend - first, in your organic forms, just make sure you are choosing the degree of the ellipses strategically to insinuate the orientation of the form, also I dont think you need as many as you drew in, its more about adding value to the marks that you do make. Next, i would say you have room to make the shadows in your texture assignments a little bolder in order to make them seem more believable... especailly on the outer rim to further emphasize the shape of the form.

I HOPE THIS WAS HELPFUL!! Sorry my feedback is limited, I am too a beginner and there's plenty left for me to learn.

take care :)

1:03 PM, Friday August 14th 2020

Thank you so much!!

2:58 AM, Thursday June 3rd 2021

In addition to what was said here, I would like to also mention the arrows exercise. The spacing between portions of each arrow does not get smaller as the arrow gets further away; this is an important aspect of depicting perspective that you should keep in mind in the future. You will be revisiting the arrows exercise in lesson 3, so you can continue to refine them there.

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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.

On the flipside, they tend to be on the cheaper side of things, so if you're just getting started (beginners tend to have poor pressure control), you're probably going to destroy a few pens - going cheaper in that case is not a bad idea.

In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.

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