Hello!
Please critique these exercises and rip me a new one if that's what it takes!
Disclaimer:
I definitely didn't do the pages of organic perspective to the best of my ability, I was just determined to finish them before going to bed even though I was pretty tired at that point. I know it's not something that I should be doing, so from here I'll try to stop myself from doing exercises if I start feeling tired.
I have a small suggestion with regards to a note you wrote on the second sheet of your "Circles in Ellipses" exercise. I also used to have an issue with my hand snagging the paper when I was working near the edge. Something that worked for me is working on a small stack of sheets. When I get near the edge, I slide the sheets over so that my fingers can slide across the edge more easily without snagging.
Next, the critique. The "Funnels of Ellipses" exercise looks good, but there should be a bit more variation in the degrees of the ellipses. If you look at the example homework (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/example) you'll see that the ellipses are significanly narrower towards the center of the funnel. Another thing, the ellipses are slightly misaligned to the minor axis. It's not too bad, but it's something you should keep in mind when repeating these exercises for future warm-ups.
The plotted perspective looks good, but there's an issue with your rough perspective. Your lines look a bit wobbly in some areas, and it looks like you restate several of your lines to cover over mistakes. All this does is draw attention to your these mistakes. Remember that you should draw your lines with confidence first and foremost. Take your time to plan out the line, and then execute the line with confidence. I understand that at this stage trying to get the right perspective and drawing in the lines is cognitive overload. Just take your time. Treat each step as a separate task. Plan out the perspective as best you can, putting points down where necessary. Then once your perspective is planned out, execute the lines with confidence using the ghosting method.
The "Rotated Boxes" exercise is incomplete. You are missing the 4 boxes in the corners.
Finally, the organic perspective. You've already admitted these are rushed, and it shows. The lines are wobbly, and there isn't very much care taken in how the boxes exist in 3-D space.
Next Steps:
Before you move onto the "250 Box Challenge", I recommend you do one panel (not page) each of the "Rough Perspective" and the "Organic Perspective" exercises. You should also complete the "Rotated Boxes" exercise.
After doing these again, I see what you mean, loud and clear. The things I personally noticed were the fact that I tend to rush my ghosting, and that ghosting between two set points seems difficult for me. In conclusion, more ghosting. I might not be in the best place to talk, but I feel like I at the very least can tell if my perspective is off, and oh boy, it is veery off on a lot of these. I feel like these are things that can only be fixed by practicing the techniques which I'll definitely try to do in the 250 box challenge and the warmups.
Side note: It appears I should prohibit myself from doing these exercises after 7.30 pm or so for learning's sake. :)
This is much better. The lines on some of the rough perspective boxes are a bit wobbly, but you'll get lots of practice during the 250 box challenge. Also, don't worry too much about the perspective being off. It's expected at this point. You'll be much better after you draw 250 boxes. Keep up the good work.
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 box challenge.
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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