Anyone got any tips for how to ensure or check that the ends of the box are square and not rectangle/rhombus etc? I'm struggling, perhaps I should know but I can't find answers to the problem.
That's actually the purpose of the exercise. To draw boxes, then to use the ellipse on either end of the cylinder to test how far off the two opposite ends were from being proportionally square.
Based on that analysis, and whether or not the ellipses' own 3 line extensions converge towards the box:s vanishing points, we can test our results. Just like when we extend the box challenges' edges to improve our ability to draw edges with consistent convergences, here it helps us improve our ability to instinctually estimate the proportions of the boxes we draw.
Thanks for the reply. I just thought there may be some tricks when constructing the box that could help the chances of getting an accurate result. It is taking me a spectacularly long time to try for just one cylinder in a box.
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.
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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